After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 609 TK's Exclusion
"Feeling? Pretty good."

Cheng Wei chuckled dryly. He wanted to say that Lu Liang was too suspicious, but he didn't dare.

All I can do is silently pray for Liu Qing, hoping that she will turn misfortune into good fortune, overcome adversity into prosperity, and live a second life.

"How has your cooperation with Zhu Jingshi been these past few days?"

Lu Liang and Cheng Wei chatted as they walked. Since they were already there, he took the opportunity to learn about Didi.

Cheng Wei replied, "Currently, the male-to-female ratio of the company's employees has dropped to 61 to 39."

During Liu Qing's tenure, in order to quell the public opinion crisis caused by several heinous cases of rape and murder of drivers that year.

The establishment of the Women's Care Alliance and the Diversity Alliance has led to a serious imbalance in the male-to-female ratio of Didi employees.

So at the end of last year, under the pretext of going public, they used equity incentives on the left and strict regulations on the right to deal with this chaos.

It has been proven that women are extremely susceptible to differentiation.

As long as Liu Qing, who is backing them, is removed, and then secondary leaders such as legal director Huang Moli and deputy marketing director Wang Xin are won over, they will become a disorganized mess.

If you apply a little more pressure and assign them tasks that were previously only handled by male employees, they will be overwhelmed and quit without even needing compensation.

"Women are easier to deal with. Even if the sky falls, there are still men in the family to hold it up."

Lu Liang sighed, thinking of the programmers at Tianxing Technology.

After all, if a married woman suffers grievances at work, she can go home and cry to her husband, who will most likely soften and let her quit her job and rest for a while.

If she is an unmarried woman, she can rely on her parents to support her. After all, she is a daughter, so it is only right for them to support her until she is thirty.

If you're pretty, you'll have a bunch of backup options, so there's no pressure at all.

On the other hand, men who are unmarried need to save money to get married, those who are married need to save money to buy a house, those who buy a house need to pay off a mortgage, and those who have children need to raise them.

Moreover, by this time, parents are usually around sixty or seventy years old and need to keep some money on hand for unforeseen circumstances.

"Otherwise, how can we say that they are the most hardworking group of people in the world?"

Cheng Wei suddenly felt a pang of sympathy, along with a sense of sorrow that he, as a man, could empathize with.

What a tragic life.

If it weren't for the constraints of the headhunting contract and Lu Liang's disregard for reputation, there would be no need for the team-building exercise of first being polite and then resorting to force.

Even if it means facing a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire, they would still have to step over it, let alone go to Suzhou where the benefits are better.

"We still need more people for research and development, so we'll need a period of adjustment."

Upon hearing Lu Liang's words, Cheng Wei couldn't help but chuckle: "President Lu, you're still too kind."

"Perhaps," Lu Liang chuckled.

I met Zhu Jingshi in Cheng Wei's office, and then listened to the two of them talk about their plans for the next few years.

The domestic ride-hailing market is approaching saturation, and Didi's market share is already high enough. Now that it has gone public, it should prepare for the next quarter's financial report.

Commonly known as entering harvest mode, the taxi discount coupons that used to cost 20 yuan or the premium service of 2 yuan for five kilometers will be completely gone forever.

After burning through so much money in the domestic ride-hailing market for so many years, it's time to start making a profit and use the profits from the domestic market to expand into overseas markets.

"Mr. Lu, would you be interested in collaborating on the development of driverless taxis?"

Zhu Jingshi talked about Baidu's Apollo project, saying that with the current speed of electric vehicle development, the era of driverless cars will arrive very soon.

"We can cooperate on a small scale, but don't invest too much." After a moment's thought, Lu Liang was willing to cooperate, but unwilling to invest too much money.

Zhu Jingshi frowned, not understanding. When technology develops to a certain level, isn't it meant to replace manual labor? Otherwise, what's the point?

"Mr. Lu is right. Tianxing and Didi can cooperate on research and development, but they cannot invest too much."

Cheng Wei said in a deep voice: "Because our country has too many people, drivers, couriers, and food delivery workers may be the last resort for countless ordinary people who do not choose to enter the factory. Driverless taxis are destined not to develop in the short term."

"Perhaps it will only be when human labor becomes as precious as in developed countries that driverless taxis will have a market."

Lu Liang continued, "Although the emergence of new industries will inevitably replace old ones, if the price of developing new industries is the loss of national stability, then such industries will certainly not be able to develop."

As of the end of last year, there were 992 million ride-hailing drivers, 612 million food delivery workers, and 322 million couriers nationwide, with nearly 20 million young and middle-aged people engaged in these three industries. Ride-hailing drivers have the largest number of employees for two reasons: first, it can be done part-time; second, many of them are traditional taxi drivers.

If millions of young and middle-aged people lose their jobs and are not given new opportunities, society will likely descend into chaos.

Lu Liang has recently been reading a novel called "1984". There is a passage in it that says it very well: the purpose of law enforcement agencies is not to distinguish right from wrong, nor to help the weak seek justice, but to ensure the stability of the regime.

If the price of technological development is social instability, then such technology is better off not being used, just like the Qing Dynasty's policy of closing the country to the outside world.

They are not unaware of the benefits of industry, but so what? If it benefits the common people but harms themselves, they might as well give it up.

The group chatted for an afternoon, which ended when Lu Liang received a phone call.

After leaving Didi, Lu Liang went to Douyin. Zhang Yiming took it very seriously and personally stood at the door to greet him.

"Mr. Zhang, it's been over two years, is it really necessary?"

Lu Liang looked annoyed. Every time he came to Douyin, it felt like he was visiting someone in prison and needed a prison guard to accompany him.

"As for it!" Zhang Yiming sneered, "I'll remember this even when I'm lying in my coffin."

A perfectly healthy son is suddenly adopted; what father could forget that? How could he dare to forget?
Moreover, this son's talent, strength, and potential...
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he has the potential to be an emperor.

In the domestic short video industry, they dominate with ease, and they also wreak havoc abroad, with no rivals in sight.

With 8.2 million domestic users and 4.2 million international users, it has already earned the right to stand shoulder to shoulder with Twitter and YouTube.

Douyin also won an award, the National Science and Technology Progress Award.

The United States is the pinnacle of ancient dynasties, skilled not only in hot wars and financial wars, but also in information warfare.

They have a firm grip on Western media.

Despite the University of Tokyo's efforts to promote itself, the popularity of videos of South Asian monkeys eating indiscriminately on YouTube among white people shows that its efforts have had little effect.

In contrast, Western media propaganda has been very effective, leading most of the population to believe that Asians should be like this.

The emergence of TikTok broke down the barriers of Western public opinion, allowing ordinary people in those countries to see the real Tokyo University.

Leaders at home and abroad wish they could hold Douyin in their arms and keep it in their mouths.

Douyin is developing better and better.
While Zhang Yiming was delighted, he also grew increasingly disgusted with Lu Liang.

He was such a perfect son, but because of his one oversight, he became adopted.

"Mr. Zhang, one should be more magnanimous. Isn't it fine as it is now?"

Lu Liang smiled, his eyes narrowed. Zhang Yiming snorted, "I just went to see a crosstalk performance yesterday, where they were advising people to be magnanimous..."

He didn't continue, and Lu Liang chuckled: "That sounds familiar, like a crosstalk performance by Deyun Society, right?"

Zhang Yiming nodded and invited Lu Liang to his office. Only when there were no outsiders present did he lower his guard.

After his assistant poured Lu Liang a cup of tea and left, he said, "Mr. Lu, I invited you here because I have something to ask of you."

“Mr. Zhang, no need for formalities, please feel free to speak. After all, I am also a co-founder of Douyin.” Lu Liang said with a smile.

Zhang Yiming's eye twitched. If he didn't have something to ask of Lu Liang, he really didn't want to meet that bastard.

Take a deep breath, and to get to the point: "TK has encountered trouble in its overseas expansion."

The media is a powerful weapon for the Americans, and now they have forcibly torn a hole in it.

Despite their neutrality and non-partisan or political struggles, they have been targeted by both established and emerging powers in Europe and the United States.

Traditional powerhouses like Fox News and CNN have accused them of unfair competition and alleged racial discrimination.

For example, the leadership team headed by Trump accused them of illegally collecting user data on trumped-up charges.

Since TK became popular overseas, every step of their development has been difficult, as if they have been ostracized by the whole world.

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