After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 164 Ideal Auto
“The current TikTok is not up to standard.”

Zhang Yiming was outspoken but did not object to doing so.

After all, he and his team have been paying attention to TikTok since it went online. If it weren't for Yang Zhenyuan and Lu Liang, he would have wanted to acquire it and make it his own a long time ago.

Tik Tok's algorithm and push notification system are so rubbish that it completely ruins the great idea of ​​Musical.ly.

Fashion, music, and beauties are much better than Kuaishou, which only knows how to entertain people with local culture. It already has the factors to conquer the whole country.

"Then we can talk about it later when we are qualified."

Lu Liang was all smiles. He learned this trick from Li Bing. This is how he treated Mobike and Hu Weiwei.

But he is kinder than Li Bing, and he will try his best to help Yang Zhenyuan find a good job, such as the general manager of ByteDance's Douyin.

Zhang Yiming couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. These people who play with capital should be hung on street lamps, otherwise it would not be enough to appease the public anger.

Other people’s dreams are just tools for them to make profits. He could imagine how lonely Yang Zhenyuan would be that day.

However, as a collaborator,
It seems that he has no right to criticize others.

Zhang Yiming kindly reminded: "Tell Mr. Yang to be more restrained and stop taking advantage of current affairs and social hot spots, as this can easily lead to trouble."

He doesn't want Douyin to be on the Cyberspace Administration of China's blacklist by the time they take over.

Lu Liang smiled and said, "Xigua puts too much pressure on me, but I will remind him to be careful."

With Zhang Yiming gone, Douyin’s angel round of financing also came to an end. With a 15% stake, it received a total of US$150 million in financing from Jinshajiang and Sequoia.

Yang Zhenyuan smiled and came to Lu Liang with high spirits. "Boss Lu, what were you talking about with Boss Zhang just now?"

People who are raising funds for the first time will have an illusion and mistake valuation for value. There is no doubt that he also has this mentality.

300 million became 3828 million. Yang Zhenyuan felt that leaving ByteDance and starting a business in Luliang was an extremely correct choice.

"Just come over to take a look and have a quick chat."

Lu Liang smiled and did not explain. He asked, "I heard that you were warned by the Cyberspace Administration last week?"

Yang Zhenyuan looked embarrassed. He also knew that it was easy to get into trouble by taking advantage of current affairs and social hot spots, but if he didn't, Douyin would definitely not have developed so fast.

"Be more restrained. Xigua is a medium-length video and will not be in direct competition with Douyin for the time being. Don't put so much pressure on yourself."

Lu Liang has already found a seller for Douyin, so he naturally hopes that it can be stable and not end up being banned.

Yang Zhenyuan nodded. Now that he has 150 million US dollars in financing, he can also launch a support plan for tens of millions of short video authors.

TikTok has made a successful start, so it is natural for it to pay attention to core values, supervise public opinion orientation, and regulate platform operations.

"Mr. Lu, why don't you come and have a quick meal together?"

Seeing that Lu Liang was about to leave, Yang Zhenyuan hurriedly asked that all employees of the company have basically not had any rest in recent months. He has been using Lu Liang's fame to inspire people.

If Lu Liang didn't accompany him for dinner, he might not be able to explain to the company's employees.

Lu Liang was stunned and laughed, then he agreed after thinking about it: "Just eat something, but I have an appointment later."

"It's okay, as long as you show up."

There was a lunch gathering with 23 people in total from the entire company. Lu Liang only showed up and offered a toast with tea instead of wine.

After leaving the restaurant, Lu Liang took a car to Zhongguancun in Beijing, where Ideal Auto’s headquarters is located.

The development principles of Li Xiang and Li Bing are extremely similar, both jumped from the automobile platform to new energy.

Since Wen Chao had contacted Li Xiang early in the morning,
Lu Liang's arrival was also warmly received.

"Mr. Lu, thank you for your visit. I hope you can forgive me if we haven't entertained you well." Li Xiang's face was full of smiles, which was in stark contrast to his hot temper as rumored.

After all, a bad temper also depends on the person.

Lu Liang is extremely optimistic about the new energy industry. He first invested 1000 million US dollars in NIO and then invested billion RMB in Ningde, making him a true financial sponsor.

He dares to confront his peers, the media, and technical personnel, but he dares not confront his financiers, especially since Ideal is particularly short of money now.

"Mr. Li, you don't have to be so polite. I just stopped by to take a look." Lu Liang smiled and saw a slogan written on the wall: "Create a mobile home."

This sentence also sets the tone for Ideal Auto, which focuses on medium and large luxury SUVs. This positioning is very good. If Lu Liang drives himself, he will also prefer SUVs.

Although the sedan offers a better view, he has an illusion that he can see farther if he sits higher.

Li Xiang smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, according to our survey, Chinese people especially love SUVs. There is also a saying that big is beautiful and long is good."

"Therefore, many special edition cars have appeared in my country, which are often larger and longer than the standard models in Europe and the United States, and are very popular among consumers."

Although Lu Liang said he was just taking a look, he was unwilling to miss such a good opportunity and explained his ideal car-making concept.

Build a luxury family car brand and provide family users with safe and convenient products and services through innovative technologies.

The first concept car is a mid-to-large luxury SUV. We don’t want to pursue those empty honors and waste time.

Lu Liang laughed in astonishment: "Mr. Li, the nonsense you are talking about is Weilai?"

"Yes, Mr. Lu, with all due respect, in my opinion, Li Bing's Weilai is a sheer waste of time and money."

Li Xiang nodded, his eyes full of contempt for NIO. Copying Tesla is just parroting others.

Now that the country is working so hard to promote the new energy market, why are they still doing those unnecessary things? I personally despise them.

Lu Liang smiled and said, "Every family has different ideas. Right and wrong can only be tested by time."

He suddenly thought of making a movie, and Li Bing's choice was to make art films first to build word of mouth and win awards.

Li Xiang’s choice was very direct. He just made commercial comedies just to make money.

Li Xiang smiled confidently: "Mr. Lu, time will prove that my choice is correct."

Lu Liang suddenly smiled: "Mr. Li, I like your confidence. When will the A round of financing be completed?"

Li Xiang also smiled: "May this year."

"When the time comes, remember to send me an invitation."

"must."

Although Li Xiang is arrogant, he has great personal charm.

Lu Liang has already invested in NIO, so he doesn’t mind investing in Ideal. It’s impossible that there will be no one left in the end.

"Sedan, mid-to-large SUVs, and Xiaopeng's compact SUV."

On the way back, Lu Liang looked up and thought, it seemed that it was already very difficult to stand out in terms of car model.

After much thought, it seems that the only way left is intelligent driving: "Is Tesla really on the right track?"

Lu Liang thought of the Model X that had been torn into pieces after being driven less than ten kilometers.

Tesla rarely piles up configurations, and its development focus has always been on intelligent driving systems.

To be honest, the interior is really rubbish.

“Another iOS?”

Lu Liang gradually realized that he should start with the car computer and intelligent driving system.

Because whether it is NIO or Ideal, they do not have core technology and are essentially just piling up configurations.

As long as he has core technology, it is never too late to enter the market, and he can even let brands such as NIO and Ideal help him test the technology first.

"Go to Huaqing University."

Lu Liang stayed in Beijing for three days and invested 2000 million US dollars to build a new energy laboratory at Tsinghua University.

His main research is on vehicle computers and intelligent driving systems, and he doesn’t know if he can succeed, so he’s just planting a seed first.

If there are results, you will make a lot of money; if there are no results, you will not lose anything. Just think of it as paying tuition fees and accumulating experience.

　Eat something and try harder.

　　Don't wait any longer, let's wait and see tomorrow morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)