After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future-Chapter 363 - 360: Hooked and Left with a Crooked Mouth

Chapter 363 -360: Hooked and Left with a Crooked Mouth

“I guess you could say I just woke up, or that I haven’t slept at all.”

Zhang Tian’ai suddenly sniffled, catching the scent of alcohol on Lu Liang’s body, and quickly poured him a cup of tea.

While stretching, she began to talk about what she had done that night, “Slept for two hours past eight o’clock, then your call woke me up. I went back to sleep around midnight for a bit. Woke up with nothing to do, so just did some aerobics.”

These past few days, she had been traveling all over the country with the Iron Fist team for promotions. But due to the overwhelming success of War Wolf 2, the box office performance continued to be incredibly strong.

In the past week, it snagged another 890 million RMB at the box office and is expected to overtake Mermaid this weekend to become the highest-grossing movie in history.

With gains and losses, the screen allotment for “Iron Fist” kept dropping, now at only 15%, with a cumulative box office of 1.258 billion RMB, and the total is projected to be around 1.5 billion RMB.

Zhang Chen had also given up, canceling all subsequent activities.

These days, she finally got to enjoy a long-awaited vacation.

“That’s good. You should rest when you need to, no need to wear yourself out,” Lu Liang said with his eyes closed, lying on the couch.

After finishing her stretches, Zhang Tian’ai suddenly took Lu Liang’s hand and led him to the bathroom, “I bought a super sexy nightgown~”

“How sexy?” Lu Liang asked with a sly smile, enjoying Zhang Tian’ai’s undressing service.

For now, he didn’t consider the matter with DiDi. Meet trials with solutions and obstacles with countermeasures—it might just be Zhu Hu’s speculation.

His appearance fee was not low. To ask him to stir trouble and to potentially offend the Liu family and Goldman Sachs in the process would require a very compelling offer.

“Um~~ let me think, anyway, it’s very sexy.”

Zhang Tian’ai grinned slyly. To retain a bit of mystery, after helping him undress and providing the nightgown, she dashed to another bathroom to wash up, change clothes, and apply makeup.

It had been a long time, and she wanted to show Lu Liang her most beautiful and stunning self, entirely and utterly.

Half an hour later, Zhang Tian’ai appeared, lightly made up, wearing a glittery pink robe like those worn during Victoria’s Secret halftime shows.

However, Lu Liang’s patience had long been exhausted; he was fast asleep in bed, with light snores ebbing and flowing.

“You’re killing me, you unromantic guy. Who asked you to come back so late?”

Annoyed, Zhang Tian’ai felt like she had thrown a punch into cotton, a futile effort akin to casting sultry glances at a blind man. The only thing left for her was to crawl under the covers and find a comfortable position in Lu Liang’s arms.

It wasn’t until the next morning that Lu Liang saw what Zhang Tian’ai’s super sexy nightgown looked like.

But he was awakened by a phone call, one from Hu Weiwei, which diverted his attention away from how sexy the nightgown was.

“Okay, around ten o’clock then.”

Just now, Hu Weiwei had told him she was coming to Beijing, and Li Junyi immediately made plans to meet Lu Liang.

“Are you leaving?” Zhang Tian’ai squinted, stretching lazily like a kitten that had just fallen asleep.

“You go back to sleep,” he said.

Lu Liang called Fang Shiyu to drive over, then headed to the washroom. freewēbnoveℓ.com

“Will you come again?”

Zhang Tian’ai stood at the doorway, her eyes filled with anticipation, oblivious that the pink strap of her dress had slid down her arm.

The pale, vein-lined skin, mostly exposed to the air and her languid pose, added to her allure.

Lu Liang wiped his face and helped her fix the strap, touching her cheek and smiling, “I’ll be in Beijing until Wednesday.”

“Okay then, I’ll go back to sleep for a bit.”

Her face lit up with joy; today was only Saturday, leaving them at least five days.

At ten-thirty in the morning, Lu Liang arrived at the SOHO Building and met Li Junyi, who greeted him with a smile, “Mr. Lu, sorry for disturbing you so early.”

Lu Liang replied with a hearty smile, “Director Li, you’re too kind. I was planning to come to the office anyway.”

“Mr. Lu, Director Li, I’ll leave you to it and get back to my work.”

Hu Weiwei tactfully made her exit. Although curious, she knew this was not her place to pry.

After she left, Li Junyi asked, “Mr. Lu, after integrating with DiDi’s database, has it been a significant help to your company’s project development?”

“It has,” Lu Liang nodded, and Li Junyi continued, “Your company is developing autonomous driving technology, but as far as I know, apart from data feeding and algorithm training, having high-precision maps would certainly be a powerful boost.”

“I didn’t expect Director Li to be so well-informed, so we’ve been in touch with Siwei Tuxin recently and are planning a deep partnership.”

Lu Liang’s smile remained undiminished, as slick as an eel. He had a guess at what Li Junyi was aiming for.

He just wanted to turn a task from something he was supposed to do into something he wanted to do, from passive to active.

That way, their goals would align,

and the cost would be much less.

Siwei Tuxin is also one of the owners of the high-precision map license and a pioneer in the field of navigation maps, dynamic traffic information, and customized vehicle networking solutions for passenger cars.

The Siwei Tuxin they had invested in had even mass-produced the country’s first 32-bit automotive-grade MCU chip.

If high-precision maps were needed, working with Siwei Tuxin made much more sense than working with DiDi.

Li Junyi couldn’t help but laugh, “Mr. Lu, let’s cut to the chase, shall we?”

“Alright, I’ll start.”

Lu Liang, unhurried, discussed Zhu Hu’s speculation from last night, wondering if Li Junyi wanted him to help Cheng Wei achieve a coup?

He added, “Coup might not be the right word. Perhaps it’s about sharing power, so DiDi is no longer under the sole control of Liu Qing?”

Li Junyi narrowed his eyes and couldn’t help but clap in admiration, “Mr. Lu, you guessed it, that’s roughly it.”

DiDi was just too big, with 4.28 million drivers last quarter, nearly monopolizing the ride-hailing market.

Moreover, with many foreign investments involved, there was no way to shut it down, only to weaken Liu Qing’s power and let Cheng Wei take control.

“With DiDi being so massive and on the verge of going public, how could they possibly let an outsider step in?”

Lu Liang sighed helplessly, knowing it was his duty to help his country, but he was also at a loss.

With a valuation of 50 billion US dollars, equivalent to 330 billion RMB, the minimum threshold to enter the board of directors would be at least 30 billion RMB.

And where would he find such capital?

“Mr. Lu, why not talk to Mr. Cheng? You might find an unexpected gain.”

Li Junyi spoke calmly, taking a sip of his tea, the situation was almost as Lu Liang had guessed, but with one mistake.

He was a public servant. The state wouldn’t require a company to do something specific, at most it could broker connections and offer quiet support.

Lu Liang raised an eyebrow, “Director Li, what do you mean by that?”

“Mr. Lu, it’s getting late, I should be going. Thank you for your hospitality.”

Li Junyi’s smile was as bright as his swift arrival and departure, waving goodbye without leaving a trace.

At heart, Lu Liang was a capitalist, at most only slightly tinged with red, but not much.

Capital sought profit, and as long as it was suitable and profitable, they would even sell the rope used to hang themselves.

He believed that once Lu Liang understood, he’d be interested.

“Damn it, I ended up being the sucker.”

Watching Li Junyi’s receding figure, Lu Liang muttered under his breath, feeling an itch, as if there were bugs crawling on him.

“Maybe I should just meet with Cheng Wei to see what the situation is? There’s nothing to lose anyway.”

He knew it was a trap but still fell for it. Not for fame, not for profit, just to understand the situation better and see if he could contribute to national security.

At two in the afternoon, he bypassed Liu Qing and contacted Cheng Wei, agreeing to meet at a coffee shop on Wangxi Road in Dinghai District.

Just across the street was DiDi’s 20-story headquarters with a total area of 35,000 square meters.

“DiDi was founded in 2012 and within five years dominated the ride-hailing market, achieving a valuation of 50 billion dollars…”

Lu Liang flipped through the materials Zhu Hu had provided. If Tianxing joined, Golden Sand River would definitely support it with both feet.

They even said that as long as Lu Liang backed Cheng Wei and raised the banner of Clearing the King’s Side, domestic capital such as Golden Sand River, Tencent, Citic, and Zhongping would definitely support him.

After all, venture capitalism was all about making money. They were on the cusp of reaping the harvest of the IPO, and Liu Qing’s actions did not sit well with investors like Hu.

Forget about the young woman of the Liu family,

even if Old Liu himself showed up, they’d still deal with him.