After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 184 Spokesperson

Lu Liang joined during the A round of financing. At that time, Mobike’s market valuation was US$1000 million. He only invested US$30 and got a 3% stake.

After rounds of equity dilution, 3% was reduced to only 2.168%, with equity reduced by 0.832%, but the value increased by 33.6 times.

"It seems like he made a lot of money." Lu Liang couldn't help but mutter, although it was very quiet, but Li Bing still heard it. He resisted the urge to roll his eyes and sighed: "It's mainly because you have a good eye."

The returns from venture capital are very high, with returns of dozens or hundreds of times as much as expected, but failure of investment projects is often the norm.

Lu Liang is an exception. He basically hits wherever he is pointed.

I thought ofo would make him fall, but I didn't expect this guy to run faster than a rabbit.

They noticed early on that ofo’s business strategy had problems and quietly cashed out during the B round of financing.

The money earned was not much, but it was definitely the best time.

The valuation of US$7200 million is neither high nor low, and it is just the right price to quickly recover funds.

Lu Liang had a sharp eye. Because of his cashing out, ofo was on the verge of collapse, which was really not unfair.

There were so many shared bicycle companies at that time, but he chose Long Yi and Long Er, and he always managed to get out of them safely.

Netizens chose to believe him without thinking, and analyzing from the perspective of hindsight, they really couldn't find any fault with him.

"It's just a coincidence, and such opportunities will become less and less in the future." Lu Liang chuckled. He saw things very clearly. Low investment and high returns have become a thing of the past.

Take this year for example, he has basically not invested in any project below 10 million, but rather in tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

As the scale of funds grows, the small market can no longer accommodate him, and he can only take the route of high investment and high returns.

Li Bing smiled bitterly, not knowing how to respond.

He didn't understand this feeling. Although he had assets worth 83 billion, the funds he could mobilize were only a few hundred million.

The nearly 20 billion yuan that Lu Liang controls is real cash flow. How could he understand it?

"Mr. Lu, NIO has decided on the mass-produced model, and its name is ES8."

Li Bing asked his assistant to keep the repurchase contract and talked about NIO’s second car, a medium-to-large pure electric SUV.

Ever since the EP9 broke the fastest car lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany.

At the same time, the team they sponsored also won the first annual driver championship in the International Formula E Championship.

"NIO" is also well-known in the European and American car circles.

It is almost time to develop its second model, which is also the first car that can be mass-produced.

Li Bing and Li Xiang had the same idea and planned to focus on family cars. Refrigerators and large color TVs were all allocated to him to directly enter the mid-to-high-end market.

Once new energy vehicles become popular, the cost of industry expansion will drop sharply and the selling price will inevitably drop significantly. So after research, it was decided to start with a high profile and then slowly reduce the price.

It is always easier to work from top to bottom than from bottom to top.

"Pure electric? No hybrid version?"

Lu Liang was puzzled. He liked BYD's development path.

The hybrid version can attack or defend.

Using electricity in the city and using gasoline outside the city is undoubtedly the best choice at a time when charging piles are not widely popularized.

Li Bing's face was a little stiff: "We are not considering hybrid for the time being. We plan to cooperate with Ningde to launch a battery-swap version."

When Lu Liang saw the price, he immediately understood and said with a smile: "This market has just started to develop, so we really have to try everything."

Weilai will not make a hybrid version.
It's not that I don't want to, but I can't.

The es8 is expected to be priced at 44.8 yuan, which is at the same price as the BMW X3, Audi Q5L and Mercedes-Benz GLC.

But the OEM manufacturer is JAC, an enterprise that mainly produces light trucks and large vans, and its internal combustion engine technology is limited.

A luxury car worth more than 400,000 yuan is really cheap if it is equipped with an internal combustion engine that costs tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan. It is better not to have it.

In contrast, the BYD Qin only costs hundreds of thousands of yuan, and even if it is equipped with a three-cylinder engine, people will still say it is great.

For this price, the license plate is included and the bicycle is also included.

Li Bing smiled awkwardly and said, "Mr. Lu, NIO plans to conduct a round A financing on Thursday."

The production base is currently under construction at the second phase, and JAC has been asking him for money, and the original $100 million has almost been spent.

NIO has had a smooth start. Next, as long as ES8 is recognized by the market and mass-produced, it can prepare for listing.

Investors cannot wait too long, but investors can. They can stay with NIO until the day it makes a profit.

Take JD.com for example. Until now, it still suffers a loss of 380 to billion yuan every year, but this does not prevent it from going public in the United States and now has a market value of billion US dollars.

“Send me NIO’s financing plan when the time comes.” The valuation of $20 billion was a price they jointly inflated, so they had to pay for it as well.

When NIO’s valuation is recognized by the market, they can retire with honor.

Tianxing holds a 10% stake in NIO and needs to invest $2000 million in this round of financing of $ million.

After seeing Li Bing off, Lu Liang met Chen Jinchun, who had just returned from the southwestern mountainous area, at the company gate.

"Mr. Lu, I'm back." Chen Jinchun waved excitedly.

The white buns turned into wheat buns, the skin became a shade darker, and the charm of the urban beauty was gone.

"Thank you for your hard work. Come in and chat."

Lu Liang smiled, called Chen Jinchun over, made tea for her, and planned to listen to what she had seen and heard in the past few days.

He has read the project plan and it seems to be in your province, but he can't remember exactly where.

"Thank you, Mr. Lu." Chen Jinchun took the teacup respectfully with both hands and slowly recounted what he had seen and heard in the past few days.

Although it is a mountainous area in the southwest, the country has never forgotten them and has provided many policies with financial support.

Except for a very small number of families in the local area, few are so poor that they cannot afford to eat. Instead, they feel more like a person of powerlessness.

There are too many left-behind children. They visited several villages and basically did not see any young and middle-aged people. 90% of them were left-behind children.

"There's really only so much we can do to help."

Chen Jinchun sighed. Her biggest gain from this trip was realizing how lucky she was.

She used to think that everything she had now was taken for granted, but suddenly she realized that her life was an unattainable dream for others.

If I had not been born in the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, if my parents were not both working, if I was not an only child, if I had not met Lu Liang in my first job after graduation...

Lu Liang couldn't help laughing: "It doesn't sound like doing charity, but more like participating in a metamorphosis show."

"That's about right." Chen Jinchun looked serious, and suddenly stood up and bowed: "Mr. Lu, thank you very much."

Lu Liang smiled, and he deserved it: "Working hard is the greatest thanks to me."

Chen Jinchun nodded heavily.

After saying goodbye to Lu Liang, I returned to my workstation to edit the video.

"Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Chen from Tianxing, and today we're in the southwestern mountainous area."

When she first got this new job, she went out of her way to chat with Tang Caidie for a whole night.

Tang Caidie is her mentor and friend. She analyzes problems very thoroughly and directly points out the role of this position.

In layman's terms, it is the company's image spokesperson, although she doesn't know what kind of spokesperson private equity needs.

However, Lu Liang must have his reasons for doing this, and they just need to carry out his orders.

Therefore, Chen Jinchun decided to make a 30-minute video, which is mainly divided into three parts: the social responsibility of the country, the family, and the enterprise.

The first stage was to boast vigorously that even the most remote mountainous areas would have access to water and electricity and complete infrastructure.

Although there is suspicion of exploiting patriotism, she feels that it is also true because they are things she has experienced personally.

The second stage is about the left-behind children in mountain villages, which is also a social problem caused by rapid economic growth, thus leading to the social responsibility of an enterprise in the third stage.

"Our CEO Lu has decided to set up a charity fund with an annual investment of no less than 3000 million yuan. The funds will be used for specific purposes and all fund details will be made public. We welcome supervision from all walks of life."

"Oh, I almost forgot. We don't accept donations from any channel. Be careful and beware of scams."

"Bye bye!"

In just 30 minutes of video, a group of netizens witnessed Chen Jinchun's transformation from white buns to wheat buns.

The video was shot with great care, especially the left-behind children in the second stage, which was able to arouse empathy among netizens.

They had gone through the same thing in the past, and now they are following in their parents' footsteps and moving south to work in factories.

Even though many people know that these companies do charity mainly to reduce taxes.

But it is clear at a glance whether you are attentive or not.

After all, some companies are too lazy to even pretend, and doing charity is like giving alms to beggars.

In comparison, Lu Liang’s Tianxing Investment is like a breath of fresh air, not to mention that Chen Jinchun is so cute.

As expected, the video went viral, and the number of registered users on TikTok also skyrocketed.

(End of this chapter)