After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 457 Our goals are the same

"Investment is all about making money. I don't think there is any price that would be more sincere than being able to take a company public."

Lu Liang smiled indifferently. Although he didn't know what benefits Liu Qing promised, he would definitely not let SoftBank wait for a good price like Liu Qing did.

He is the savior of all Didi's investors. He is here to assist Didi in going public. He is here to help investors reap the ultimate rewards. He stands on the side of justice.

If SoftBank is a neutral party who only wants to make money, Lu Liang really can't think of any reason why SoftBank Group would not support him.

No matter how many benefits Liu Qing promised, could it allow SoftBank’s 17.8% stake in Didi to be turned into shares worth US$89 billion?
Masayoshi Son was stunned for a moment.
Is this the attitude of begging for support? You don't want to give anything, just want support from SoftBank?

Ma Yun was concentrating on making the tea, with a smile on his face.

Although Lu Liang's words made sense, he was the one who came to visit Masayoshi Son after all, and he didn't have the attitude of asking for help at all.

I can only say that he is worthy of being Lu Liang.

Son Masayoshi looked at Lu Liang and squinted his eyes: "According to what Mr. Lu said, it is reasonable for SoftBank to support you?"

"Mr. Sun, you are too kind." Lu Liang continued to smile and said, "But I have to say that this is indeed the best choice."

"Didi should go public. Now it has almost unified the online car-hailing market in Dongda. It will have better development after going public."

"In February this year, Ms. Liu formed a listing team with the same idea in mind, but she failed."

Son said, "Mr. Lu, what makes you think that Mr. Liu failed and you will succeed?"

Lu Liang smiled and shook his head: "I can't guarantee it, but the probability of success is at least slightly higher than that of Mr. Liu."

“Unless Mr. Sun believes that the current valuation of $500 billion is not worth listing, and he should continue to invest funds to expand the market before listing.”

Son was speechless, and seemed to be somewhat persuaded by Lu Liang: "Didi's development in the Dongda market has reached its peak. Continuing to invest money will not be worth the loss."

He has read Didi's market research report and found that there are 985 million online car-hailing drivers in Dongda, of which 749 million are registered Didi drivers.

One company has a market share of 76.2%, and the remaining 23.8% of the market share is divided among multiple platforms such as Shenzhou T3, Cao Cao, and Puhui.

Having achieved such a high market share, it is completely meaningless to burn more money.

Because to increase the market share by another 1%, it will require ten times more funds than before.

Lu Liang smiled and said, "Mr. Sun, do you also think that it is a good thing for Didi to go public as soon as possible?"

Son nodded, and Lu Liang said, "Our goals are the same. We all hope that Didi can go public as soon as possible, but some people do not share our goals."

Son Masayoshi smiled meaningfully: "Mr. Lu, are you talking about Mr. Liu?"

Lu Liang waved his hand and explained with a smile: "In the past few years, President Liu has worked hard for the development of Didi. She should hope that Didi can go public as soon as possible, just like us. Otherwise, she would not have established a listing review team in early February this year."

"I am just worried that there might be resistance in the future. I hope that I can get Mr. Sun's support at that time."

If you can't get it, destroy it, that's what Lu Liang thinks.

He naturally wouldn't use something that hadn't happened to make malicious speculations about Liu Qing.

Just hypothetically, if there is any resistance in the future, he hopes SoftBank will stand on the side of shareholder interests.

"Of course." Masayoshi Son laughed in silence. Lu Liang was using the interests of all shareholders to pressure him, so what else could he say?

Knowing Masayoshi Son's attitude, Lu Liang no longer mentioned the matter and chatted with a few people.

As they chatted, they talked about Bitcoin. Lao Ma was full of envy and said with emotion: "Mr. Lu, this is a brand new online payment system."

No matter how much money you have, you can transfer it to any account in just five seconds, regardless of national borders and currency barriers.

Since he put on a white hat, joined the United Nations, and is also a holder of Alipay, he knows the importance of Bitcoin better than most people.

However, Lu Liang was lurking in the dark without making any noise. It was rumored that the amount of money he held was not a small number and could easily shake the market.

Old Ma is so envious that he is almost envious, because this will increase Lu Liang's voice in the world financial market and even make it a builder of a new payment system.

"Mr. Ma, thank you for the compliment. This is mainly due to the support of Mr. Ota and the Sumitomo Mitsui Group." Lu Liang attributed all the credit to Mr. Ota.

The equity distribution of this project is 34, 33, and 33. Sumitomo Mitsui holds 34% of the shares, and he and Hyundai Group are just playing bystanders.

He is not sure about the country's attitude towards cryptocurrencies, but in his opinion, cryptocurrencies are probably not allowed to enter the University of Tokyo.

The dollar hegemony is already making people uncomfortable, and now with the advent of cryptocurrency, people are being led by the nose. How can it revive in the future?

So Lu Liang had planned long ago to make some money and some reputation from this project, and leave the fame to Sumitomo Mitsui.

Upon hearing this, Ota laughed and said, "This is also thanks to Mr. Lu's assistance. Otherwise, the progress of our Sumitomo Mitsui project would not be so smooth."

Lu Liang doesn't want fame and is worried about becoming the leader of Bitcoin entering the Dongda market, but he is not worried.

Anyway, the Japanese market has been riddled with holes for a long time, and there is even a base for the Japanese army, so one more loophole doesn’t matter.

Son and Ma looked at each other and saw the envy in each other's eyes. Son had already made up his mind. Liu Qing's promise was too empty, and he still had to rely on Goldman Sachs. It would be better to support Lu Liang.

Just like Sumitomo Mitsui, it only cooperated with Lu Liang a few times and was qualified to forcibly get involved in Bitcoin through Lu Liang.

If he had met Lu Liang earlier, there would be no need for Sumitomo Mitsui, because Lu Liang would definitely choose to cooperate with them.

After all, every profession has its own specialties. SoftBank Group is more professional in payment, and its main businesses are telecommunications and e-commerce. It later developed into an investment group.

Otherwise, if Alipay wanted to enter the Japanese market, Jack Ma would not have made a special trip with him just to negotiate cooperation with them.

At night, several people took a car to the suburbs of Tokyo, to the private entrepreneur club founded by Masayoshi Son.

When Tokyo University first entered the WTO, he invested in a series of companies including Sina, Yahoo, NetEase, and Alibaba, and also wanted to improve his relationship with the Tokyo University government.

He has publicly declared more than once that his ancestral home is Hu Jian Putian, and that his ancestors moved to the peninsula and then to Neon because of many wars.

He could actually be Chinese.

As a result, the boomerang now hit him right between the eyebrows.

Masayoshi Son wants to settle down in Tokyo and develop in Tokyo for a long time. His core circle either thinks he is Chinese or Korean.

As the saying goes, those who are not of my race must have different minds.

The core circle of Japan has always wanted to dismember SoftBank Group.

Masayoshi Son can only be a sucker and keep throwing money away.

Including but not limited to forming an entrepreneur club, charitable donations, and paying political donations.

He has to spend at least $100 million on this every year, and his reputation among the public has only improved slightly.

Listening to Old Sun's complaints, Lu Liang and Old Ma seemed to be thinking about something.

After dinner, several people

Put on a yukata and go to the open-air hot spring pool.

"Mr. Lu, when do you plan to return to China? Maybe we can stop by on our way." asked Lao Ma.

"Tomorrow, I'll probably go directly to Beijing, because Didi's data integration has been completed and needs to be resubmitted for review."

Lu Liang soaked for a few minutes and then went ashore, choosing a strong middle-aged woman to give him a massage.

He didn’t even have to take off his pants for the vegan spa, and he trusted the aunt more. Her fingers were as thick as carrots, and it was obvious that she had great skills.

"It's going to be submitted for review again? Will it be successful?" Masayoshi Son's eyes suddenly lit up and he took out the towel covering his head.

"Uh~ I'll do my best~ Uh~ I'll leave it to fate..."

The auntie held Lu Liang's arms and asked him to stretch his shoulders and neck, so he could only make sounds from his throat.

Son glanced at Lao Ma, who smiled and said, "I believe Mr. Lu will not do anything he is not sure of."

"That's not necessarily true..."

Lu Liang patted the tatami, stopped the old lady, rubbed his shoulders and smiled bitterly: "This old lady is too strong."

He went to the locker room, changed his clothes, and said with a smile: "Everyone, I have something else to do later, so I'll leave first."

Old men like to take baths, but he really doesn't like taking baths with them. A bunch of people with sagging breasts, it's better to go home and hug beautiful girls.

Ota Ling and Lao Ma both hummed and waved their hands. Only Sun Zhengyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mr. Lu, has it always been like this?"

The two men nodded at the same time. Nowadays, the one who can help investors make money is the boss, and Lu Liang is the boss among bosses.

Sun Zhengyi was stunned, and obviously thought of this, and his arrogant words turned into: "Mr. Lu, you are really unique."

He forgot to ask Lu Liang when the fifth private equity fund would be launched since the fourth phase had been launched a long time ago.

SoftBank also wants a piece of the pie.

Lao Ma smiled and said, "There will always be a chance in the future, but he is not free right now."

　If you don't speak your mind, you won't get things done.

　　I'm going to stand up and update three times tomorrow!

　　……

　　Thank you for the reward of "Happy and Lucky".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)