After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 698 can be omitted, but it cannot be absent.
After spending a day having fun with Meixue to vent his frustrations, Lu Liang boarded a plane back to China the next morning.

But with Lu Liang gone, the huge apartment became empty, leaving her all alone.

Miyuki remained silent, making her own breakfast, hanging up her own clothes to dry, and checking that the water, electricity, and gas were turned off properly.

After finishing everything, she stood at the door and, as usual, called out, "Mom, I'm going to work."

In the past, my mother would always respond with a smile: Go ahead, but be careful on the road.

But now no one is responding to her.

Miyuki sniffed, holding back the tears that were about to fall, and put on a bright smile.

On my way to work by subway.

She squeezed into the crowd, thought it over and over, and sent a message to her mother: "Mom, please take good care of yourself back home. I will take good care of myself too."

After saying that, the subway arrived at the station, and she started running as fast as she could. Because she was going to be late, she didn't realize that her mother had replied to her message immediately: "Mom believes you can do it."

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"The air in China is still the sweetest."

Two and a half hours later, Lu Liang left Hong Kong Airport and drove along the coastal road towards Central on the main island.

"President Lu, your trip has stirred up a huge storm in the country," Tang Caidie said with a smile, informing him of the public opinion situation over the past few days.

The top trending topics across the internet are constantly changing, one after another, though the content differs, the protagonist is always the same.

On the night the American version of Tian Shu was released, CCTV's evening news program devoted two and a half minutes to broadcasting the news.
The program also includes an additional seven and a half minutes, which recounts the vigorous development of China's new energy industry, repeatedly praising the Suzhou Loushui New Energy Industrial Park for its importance in integrating resources across the industry and giving it high recognition.

Although Lu Liang's name only appears once, it is in the two-and-a-half-minute segment introducing the American version of Tian Shu.

But those who watched that segment felt that Lu Liang's name was mentioned in every word of the ten-minute domestic news segment.

NIO, Li Auto, and WM Motor are four emerging new energy vehicle companies, with Lu Liang being the co-founder of NIO and Li Auto.

Lu Liang acquired stakes in all eighteen of the new energy Tier 1 suppliers in the secondary market, securing substantial development funds.

Not to mention the Suzhou Loushui New Energy Industrial Park, a project worth hundreds of billions of yuan, which was almost entirely facilitated by Lu Liang.

"Mr. Tang, do you also enjoy reading these kinds of gossip news?" Lu Liang chuckled.

He actually wanted to keep a low profile, because being high-profile would be detrimental to his future plans.

For example, upgrading a fund into an investment bank is a crucial step towards becoming a conglomerate.

But the strength does not allow it.

Even if he doesn't cause trouble, news of difficulties in delivering the domestically produced Tian Shu will still trend on social media every now and then.

For example, a few days ago, a large number of prospective owners of Tianshu cars went to the entrance of Tianxing Park with banners to protest.

When owners of other brands protest, they are often betrayed by newer models, such as price reductions or the introduction of new technologies.

However, the Tianxing car owners' rights protection efforts are like a breath of fresh air, with most of them urging delivery and making statements such as "if you can't produce it, don't sell it."

Wang Xiaofeng had to personally intervene, patiently and kindly, and even invite them to dinner at the company cafeteria before he finally persuaded them to leave.

This is a perfectly normal public relations tactic, but this generation of consumers has been taken for a long time and hasn't received this much attention, so it has become a trending topic again.

This has resulted in over 10,000 Tian Shu units already delivered this month, leaving only 110,000 units in pre-orders, with sales rising again to over 150,000.

Even if production capacity fully explodes next month, we can't fulfill all the orders, and we won't get a single new order in the second half of the year.

We won't be able to finish submitting it this year either.

"Isn't this a good thing?" Tang Caidie, unaware of Lu Liang's plan, said with a smile, "Now Lei Jun of Xiaomi, Zhou Jun of 360, and the two Li Jun of NIO and Li Auto are all starting to imitate you, opening personal accounts on Douyin and updating their daily lives on time every day."

She thought of Lei Jun and suddenly smiled. He was probably the most talented one, with over 500 million personal fans and his own theme song, "ayouok".

On the contrary, Zhou Hongwei's attempt to imitate a tiger backfired; he also wanted to take the route of an internet celebrity CEO, but his personal image was ultimately lacking.

Technology is no longer something unattainable, and Lu Liang single-handedly unveiled the mystique surrounding the celebrities on the rich list.

"It's a good thing."

Lu Liang was both amused and exasperated, and decided not to delve deeper into the topic. He was now willing to take things one step at a time. Forty minutes later, the vehicle arrived at Exchange Square Phase 2 in Central, the second tallest building in Hong Kong and the sixth tallest skyscraper in the world.

Standing 420 meters tall with 88 floors, it boasts 62 high-speed elevators and is a complex integrating world-class office buildings, shopping malls, and entertainment facilities.

As Tang Caidie walked, she said, "Hong Kong Securities is on floors 50-53, Hong Kong International Settlement is on floors 58-62, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority is on floors 77-88, and there are also branches of Henderson Land Development, China Construction Bank's Asian branch, BNP Paribas, and UBS all here."

“Our company’s new address is on the 82nd floor of the building. Director Chen of the Financial Supervisory Commission insisted on providing us with office space, an entire floor, covering a total area of ​​76 square feet.”

"It's good to be together; it will be more convenient to handle business in the future."

As the elevator rapidly ascended, Lu Liang saw that Victoria Peak in the distance was getting shorter and shorter, and suddenly remembered an interesting anecdote.

Because Phase 2 of the building blocks the view of Victoria Harbour from Victoria Peak, Central, and the Mid-Levels, it is sometimes referred to by the public, along with Phase 1, as "the two incense sticks".

With a ding, the elevator doors opened.

At the entrance of the freight elevator not far away, there was a pile of GPU integrated graphics packaging boxes worth at least two thousand yuan.

"Be careful, be careful, don't break it." Liang Wenhui stood aside directing the moving.

"General Manager Liang arrived early yesterday and has been working on building the database since last night."

Tang Caidie looked at the GPUs scattered on the ground, and her eyes suddenly twitched: "President Liang wants to build the Firefly No. 2 AI quantitative trading model, and plans to use 10,000 NVIDIA P100 GPU integrated graphics."

Even after searching the entire Hong Kong area, we could only find a little over four thousand tickets. The remaining five thousand or so will arrive in two days.

She didn't understand; she just thought it was incredibly expensive.

A P100 originally sold for $1.2, but due to lack of supply, the price dropped to $1.35. Finally, an additional fee was charged to order it from overseas, increasing the cost to $1.4.

Excluding labor costs, the cost of purchasing the equipment alone for this AI model would be at least $1.38 million.

“You get what you pay for, Mr. Tang, you have to understand.” Liang Wenhui walked over with a smile, thinking that Tang Caidie was tattling on him.

"President Liang, please don't overthink it. Before we came, President Lu told me that we should do everything we could to support your work." Tang Caidie said, both amused and exasperated.

"Can AI large-scale model technology be upgraded and iterated so quickly?"

Lu Liang was surprised, not because he was worried about the money, but because in his mind, technological iteration takes a very long time.

"The iteration of AI models is different from other technologies. The higher the available computing power of the server, the more data it can absorb and store, and the faster and more accurate the feedback will be."

Liang Wenhui frowned, fidgeting with his hands, trying to find an analogy to describe Lu Liang, but he didn't know how to do it properly.

Lu Liang couldn't help but chuckle: "If you can't compare, then don't bother. It's only a little over 100 million US dollars. Even if you add another 10,000 dollars, as long as the algorithm is better and the computing power is stronger, it's worth it."

Although he didn't understand much of what he heard, he knew that when poor, one should use tactical flanking maneuvers, and when rich, one should use overwhelming firepower.

Anyway, there are still $600 million in available funds. Some things we can do without, but we can't do without.

Just like the Maybach he usually drives, it has a V12 engine and is equipped with a 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged system, with a maximum power output of 463kW and a maximum torque of 1,000 Nm, and a top speed of 280 km/h.

However, when driven by a driver, the speed is usually around 80 km/h on national highways. Such powerful performance is not in line with the positioning of Maybach owners.

But as the saying goes, you can use it, but you can't be without it. Only affordable brands pay attention to cost-effectiveness. The essence of high-end luxury is waste. If you sell high-end luxury with the concept of cost-effectiveness, you are just treating consumers like suckers.

Just like Lu Liang sometimes complains about Li Auto's range extender, which sells for 400,000 to 500,000 yuan but uses a 1.5T range extender that costs only a few thousand yuan. Would it kill them to spend a few thousand more yuan on a 2.0? Even if it's not as good as the 1.5T, at least it sounds better.

If Tianxing enters the luxury car market in the future and wants to compete with Maybach and Rolls-Royce, it will pile up the best parts regardless of whether they are actually used.

Even if it's just for decoration, it's still a beautiful vase.

"Ten thousand GPUs are enough for now. We'll talk about it later if we need more," Liang Wenhui said, both amused and exasperated.

It's a pity he didn't meet Lu Liang when he started his business, otherwise he wouldn't have been forced to become the CEO of a quantitative fund.

Just then, Li Junwei received the message and rushed over: "President Lu, I'm sorry I'm late."

When HSBC learned that he was going to switch to Tianxing Quantitative, they decided to do him a favor and let him leave ahead of time.

So for the past few days, he has been working with Tang Caidie on building the company's structure, and he just returned from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

"I just arrived at the company too," Lu Liang said with a smile. "Now that everyone's here, let's have a meal together and chat while we eat."

(End of this chapter)