After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 318 Didi Suffers a Heavy Situation
"Go ahead and contact me, in my name."

Lu Liang looked through Didi's information. Compared with the time when OFO raised funds two years ago, its development in recent years has been like riding a rocket.

As of last month, it had completed nine rounds of financing, with a total financing of over US$9 billion and a valuation of US$200 billion.

It has become the technology company in the world with the highest total financing amount and the most rounds of financing, but has not yet been listed.

Zhu Hu’s most famous achievement is leading the $300 million investment in Didi in its Series A round and acquiring a 20% stake.

Despite eight rounds of equity dilution, it still holds a 5.58% stake, worth US$27.9 billion.

As of now, the profit has been 930 times.

“Didi, Pinxixi, Meituan, none of them caught up.”

Lu Liang sighed helplessly. It was still too late to develop. If it had been earlier, perhaps he would not have missed these three unicorns.

However, he thought of TikTok, which was a consolation. He had captured at least one of the four unicorn companies in recent years.

I just talked to Zhang Yiming. TK has a very strong momentum in the international market and can be said to be sweeping across the country with overwhelming force.

The short video section developed by YouTube didn't even have the qualifications to compete head-on with them and was directly defeated.

After all, the Gu King cultivated by 700 million users, with an almost monstrous algorithm, going international is equivalent to a dimensionality reduction attack.

There are no minors abroad, there is anti-addiction protection, and the scale is particularly large. After the acquisition of Musical.ly, the infringement charge was withdrawn.

TK's direct and random model has a growing market share. It currently has about 4.3 million international users, with an average daily online time of hours.

With the recommendation of the algorithm, it can be called electronic opium. It feels good when you scroll through it for a while, and it feels good all the time if you scroll through it all the time.

Before we knew it, the valuation had reached US$120 billion. Lu Liang holds a 9.25% stake, currently valued at US$11.1 billion.

After waiting for a while, Hu Weiwei ended the call with Liu Qing and walked over to say, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Liu really wants to meet you and is very interested in our cooperation, but Mr. Liu and Mr. Cheng are not in Beijing, so we probably have to wait until next Tuesday to meet you."

"Boss Liu also said that if you are not in the capital at that time, she can also visit you in the Magic City."

"understood."

Lu Liang nodded slightly. He had just seen that Didi’s acquisition of Uber was being investigated by the Ministry of Commerce in the name of anti-monopoly.

The online ride-hailing market has been fiercely competitive for five or six years, and users have gradually become accustomed to and accepted the existence of online ride-hailing.

Didi is also preparing to go public. The last step before the listing is to acquire Uber and complete the unification of the industry.

The result was a severe loss.

"Mr. Lu, do you want to wait?" Hu Weiwei asked.

"Well, no more waiting for now."

Lu Liang looked thoughtful. How come the Liu family was so powerful and couldn't even deal with the anti-monopoly law?

The Ali Group was also investigated at the beginning, also in the name of anti-monopoly, but the issue was resolved quickly and it went public in the United States.

He always felt that there was a story behind it, but he could not come to any conclusion after thinking about it, so he decided to call Brother Hu and ask him to have dinner with him tonight.

In the evening, Lu Liang came to Re Mansion.

Last time I brought some employees from Douyin here, the experience was very good. My skin has been a little itchy recently, and I haven't rubbed it for a long time, so I made an appointment with Zhu Hu here.

Zhu Hu had something to take care of and would not be here until later, so Lu Liang just stayed in the bath until he felt dizzy.

Suddenly, a splash of water woke Lu Liang up.

Zhu Hu dived into the water and suffocated for a while before finally surfacing. He wiped the water off his face and said with a smile, "Old Lu, why are you suddenly in the mood to take me to a bath tonight?"

"I observed the celestial phenomena at night and calculated that you have been under a lot of pressure recently, so I asked you to come over to relieve the pressure and relax your body and mind."

Lu Liang walked to the shore, took out two bottles of ice beer, handed one to Zhu Hu, and touched the bottle mouth.

I drank half a bottle in one breath, and my head, which had been dizzy from soaking in the hot spring, instantly became clear.

Zhu Hu took a big sip and jokingly said, "Can you help Brother Hu calculate whether this is a blessing or a curse?"

"Sorry, Master hasn't taught me this yet."

Lu Liang sat on the shore in his wet shorts, pulling his crotch slightly to avoid being too conspicuous.

He drank cold beer and soaked his feet, supported himself with one hand, and looked up at the starless night sky: "The development of the intelligent driving system has encountered a bottleneck, and I plan to introduce a third party force."

"Who?" Zhu Hu raised his eyebrows and instantly realized that Lu Liang was preparing to officially enter the new energy industry.

At the beginning, he shamelessly used 2.3 million yuan to exchange for 10% of the equity of Tianxing Technology, and made a guarantee that he would not rush or interfere in daily operations. Even if Lu Liang wanted to hold back until the end of the world, Jinshajiang had no objection.

But now Lu Liang wants to introduce a third party, and others may not be as easy to talk to as Jinshajiang. Lu Liang cannot be unaware of this.

Zhu Hu reasonably guessed that Lu Liang should be entering the field and was now making final preparations.

"Didi. If we want to accelerate the development of smart driving, we need Didi's database."

Lu Liang smiled and did not hide it, because Jinshajiang was the only shareholder besides him.

"Didi? That's a bit difficult."

Old Zhu frowned, moved his butt to sit on the shore, not wanting to soak in Lu Liang's foot washing water anymore.

He sighed: "Old Lu, do you think Didi is really under antitrust investigation?"

"Is there some hidden story?" Lu Liang was curious.

Zhu Hu glanced at Xu Jiawei who was not far away. Lu Liang understood what he meant and waved his hand to let him go out.

Zhu Hu said softly, "It was because the National Security Bureau questioned us, so they used the antitrust law to investigate."

"How did we offend the National Security Bureau?" Lu Liang frowned, with a look of confusion on his face.

Zhu Hu looked worried. "It is said that the precise information such as the maximum longitudinal slope and the minimum radius of curvature was leaked. The National Security Bureau suspected that some private deal was reached with some foreign forces."

"Are you crazy? Isn't this for sale?" Lu Liang frowned.

The accuracy of high-precision maps is generally at the sub-meter level. Taking Amap as an example, if it wants, the accuracy can be achieved within 10 centimeters.

Didi also obtained the qualification for high-precision maps last year. What does ten centimeters mean? Xiao Lu’s length is more than ten centimeters.

What's more, as a national-level application, Didi had a total of 54.23 billion trips last year and the number of users exceeded 2 million.

Among the 200 million people, many hold confidential positions. They don’t know when they travel, where they pass by, and where they go every day.

If the enemy knows this data, they will know where to focus their attacks once the war breaks out.

We can even use this to speculate whether those inaccessible places are secret military fortresses.

"I don't understand. This is all I know."

Zhu Hu sighed helplessly. He didn't care about national security or whether it was leaked or not.

All he cares about is whether Didi can successfully go public and whether the 930-fold profit can be cashed out.

Zhu Hu paused and said, "It's good to cooperate with Didi, but don't get involved in this matter."

Lenovo is such a successful company that it has been able to win orders from municipal governments all year round and has almost become a synonym for national machinery.

As for the Didi incident, the Liu family was unable to help, which is enough to show how serious the trouble they had caused was.

Lu Liang took a sip of beer and said, "Don't worry, we are just talking business. At most, we will accept Didi's investment."

"Has the public offering been completed?" Zhu Hu was curious.

"That's about right. Let's wait another two months and see how things go."

Zhu Hu sighed faintly: "You have forgotten about private equity funds for a long time."

"How could I forget? Didn't you receive the notice? It's already 1.85 this month."

Lu Liang narrowed his eyes. He had just received news the day before yesterday that there would be another huge market trend in mid-September.

After he leaves the public offering and launches a private offering, he will make a lot of money and have enough money to build cars.

Zhu Hu complained: "In recent months, it has been basically Tesla's growth, and there has been basically no profit from other stocks."

"Tesla's growth is not considered a profit? Don't treat the village head as a cadre."

Lu Liang pulled Zhu Hu out of the big pond and pushed him, "Let's go, your feet are all white from the soak. Let's go have a midnight snack."

"Eating supper? So vegetarian?"

"As you get older, you need to take care of your health. Don't party every night. Be careful of impotence."

"How can I not believe what you said?"

Zhu Hu looked disgusted and called his lover directly.

Two, he wanted to have some fun tonight.

(End of this chapter)