After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 808 Old Ma's Farewell Night

Hengtai Health owns the independent property rights to Hengtai Resort and has established a property management company to manage it.

With all the necessary documents in place, the review was completed by noon that day, and both parties signed the transfer agreement, awaiting only the change of ownership.

"President Lu, don't you need to reconsider?" Xue Jingyang's mouth was slightly open, her mind still unable to calm down.

She witnessed the entire transaction, which, although measured in Hong Kong dollars, was equivalent to US$5.89 million.

It was wealth she couldn't earn in ten lifetimes, but Lu Liang treated it as easily as buying a bottle of water on the roadside, not even bothering to see the whole picture.

"The price Mr. Xu offered is very reasonable, the paperwork is complete, and I like it. What else is there to consider?" Lu Liang chuckled.

He's willing to buy Tesla stock worth $150 billion without hesitation, so what's a 'safe haven' worth a few hundred million dollars?

Even if the price doubles or increases several times, it's worth it as long as it ensures the safety of my family.

"I really don't understand the thinking of rich people."

Xue Jingyang smiled wryly, while Lu Liang laughed and said, "Aren't you a rich man now?"

"That depends on who you're comparing yourself to."

Xue Jingyang muttered to himself.

Compared to her peers and urban white-collar workers, she enjoys the benefits of being a first-class member of the Hengtai Dance Troupe, lives in a luxurious high-end apartment, owns a sports car worth millions, and has a monthly salary of 20 yuan. Of course, she is a rich person.

But compared to Lao Xu's loans of tens of billions of dollars and Lu Liang's spending of billions, she was poor.

"Young lady, don't be too ambitious, you should know how to be content."

Lu Liang couldn't help but chuckle, patted her head to tell her not to overthink things, and then said, "Let's go, I'll call you to play ball together again next time we have time."

"Bye, Mr. Lu." Xue Jingyang waved with a smile, having gotten used to Lu Liang now treating her only as a tennis sparring partner.

This is fine too. As Lu Liang said, we should be content. We can live the life that countless people our age dream of by dancing, acting, and playing tennis in our spare time.

Lu Liang bowed slightly, bid farewell to Xu Jiayin, left the resort, and returned to the Star Financial Building in Central.

He didn't inquire about the short-selling project in Japan for two days, mainly because the acting prime minister hadn't taken any action.

In the past two days, the exchange rate has been hovering around 123 yen, and the Nikkei 225 index has been fluctuating around 20,000 points.

After learning the latest situation,

Lu Liang asked, "Is there any news from Japan?"

Before he went to Korea, he gave Ishikawa Maya's contact information to Sun Yutao and asked them to keep in touch.

Ensure that the acting prime minister is immediately informed of any actions taken and can take countermeasures.

“Ishikawa said that the cabinet members stayed in the Diet the whole time, and the meetings went on from morning to night, but no news leaked out.”

Sun Yutao replied that he always felt that An San was using a feigned retreat to advance, and that Jian Yiwei was deliberately creating an empty city stratagem.

Because the acting prime minister has been slow to act, neither they nor the short-selling institutions dare to make any rash moves.

There are still 15 days left until the settlement date on the 21st. Maybe if they keep dragging it out, they'll actually get past it.

Foreign exchange settlement can also be called settlement. People might think of letting go of a small loss, while they might want to keep the small profit in their pocket.

One must press on with one effort, then exhaust it, and finally weaken it. Once the currency exchange rate settlement cycle is overtaken by the neon lights, it will be difficult to short sell next time.

"There's no need to worry about that."

Lu Liang pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Even if we settle at 123 yen, we will still have a 9% profit. On the other hand, those institutions that entered the market later to short sell may even lose money if they don't get out in time."

"They will never let Japan get through this."

"Let's wait patiently. After all, there are still two weeks left. The real battle might just be in the last half hour."

Lu Liang told Sun Yutao to continue observing, and then went downstairs to Li Junwei's office.

"President Lu." "President Lu."

Tang Caidie happened to be there as well. From the two of them, she learned that Mitsui Takahei had been contacting her recently, saying that they could sit down and have a good talk about the equity transfer of PayPal Group.

It is said that there is a rumor circulating in Japan that Lu Liang shorted Japan because Sumitomo Mitsui was unwilling to cooperate with Ant Financial in transferring Alipay's payment business in Japan, and that Takahei Mitsui, who was in charge of this matter, was the culprit.

So he panicked, after all, An San had been forced by public opinion to retreat behind the scenes under the pretext of being unwell.

If this fire were to spread to him, even the heir to the Mitsui Group would have to step down.

"He wasn't afraid; he just knew he was going to die."

Lu Liang said calmly, "Just contact him and keep him hanging on."

The fact that Ota Rei did not contact him indicates that Mitsui Takahei, or Mitsui Sumitomo's Mitsui faction, has not yet reached a critical moment.

This is not the same as the Korean market. Lu Liang's goal is to get Ota Rei to control the Mitsui Sumitomo Group.

Regardless, Lu Liang would not accept Mitsui Takahei's kindness; he could only blame his youthful naiveté. He ended his conversation with the two.

Lu Liang met with Yang Qisheng in his office.

After extensive cuts, "Joker" successfully passed the censorship of the film and television industry and is scheduled for release on Christmas Day, December 25.

But Yang Qisheng couldn't be happy, because the task Lu Liang assigned him was exceptionally difficult.

Emperor Group, having just received funding from Tianxing Financial and attempting to enter the education sector, faced pressure from all sides, both within and outside the industry.

For example, a primary school under Victoria Harbour Education was priced at HK$2800 million, but Emperor Education offered HK$5000 million but still couldn't buy it.

He consulted his father, who told him to find Lu Liang and gave him a piece of advice: "Education is different from other things; it cannot be done from the bottom up, it must be done from the top down."

Hong Kong's Education Bureau is like the courts; even 21 years after returning to the motherland, a group of foreigners still hold important positions. As long as they don't leave, things can't be reformed.

"I'll figure out a way to temporarily give up entering the education industry and focus on integrating domestic and international cultural and entertainment resources."

Lu Liang sighed. The waters of education were far deeper than he had imagined. If he wanted the plan to be implemented smoothly, he would at least have to get rid of those foreigners, which would require official support.

He looked north, thinking that perhaps he should make a trip there as well.

For the next few days, Lu Liang stayed in Hong Kong until the afternoon of the 10th, when he finally took a plane to Hangzhou.

Double Eleven Shopping Festival
Born on November 11, 2009.

It was originally called Singles' Day, but later it was probably deemed ambiguous, so it was changed to a shopping carnival.

This year marks the tenth edition. Over the past decade, the daily transaction volume has grown from an initial 5200 million to 1682 billion last year.

Over the past decade, it has increased 3234 times, becoming one of the essential and important festivals in the Internet age.

As soon as the plane landed at Xiaoshan Airport, Lu Liang experienced the festive atmosphere. The normally empty tarmac was full of cargo planes.

"Mr. Lu, my name is Zhang Yong. Welcome to Hangzhou to participate in our shopping carnival and 20th anniversary celebration."

The person who picked me up at the airport was a thin, middle-aged man with thick glasses perched on his nose, giving him a scholarly air.

"Hello, Mr. Zhang." Lu Liang bowed slightly.

He couldn't help but take a few more glances at the other person. If nothing unexpected happened, he would be the next chairman of the Ali Group.

A highly capable professional manager, though not one of the "Eighteen Arhats of Ali," he rose to prominence later on. It was he who proposed the concept of shopping carnivals and popularized it.

"Mr. Lu, this way please. Mr. Ma asked me to come and pick you up because he needs to rehearse for the gala."

Zhang Yong invited Lu Liang into the car, and they drove from the airport straight to Ali's global headquarters in Xixi Park, Yuhang District.

I arrived close to 7 p.m.

As darkness fell, with only thirty minutes remaining before the opening of the gala, the 20,000-seat venue was packed to capacity.

"General Manager Guo, General Manager Huang, General Manager Ma, General Manager Zhang..."

Lu Liang was seated in the VIP section in the front row by Zhang Yong, where he could see familiar faces all around him.

This includes JD.com's CEO Qiangzi, Pinduoduo's Huang Zheng, and Douyin's Zhang Yiming, who rose to prominence later.

"You're here." Da Qiangzi smiled broadly, nodding to Lu Liang as if he were facing his own brother, and then asked him to sit next to him.

Compared to Da Qiangzi's friendly attitude, the others were more polite, smiling and nodding to greet him and inquiring about Lu Liang's recent situation.

"That's good." Lu Liang responded with a smile, then whispered to Da Qiangzi, "JD.com doesn't have Singles' Day?"

"Yes, but tonight is different," Daqiangzi sighed softly.

Huang Zheng picked up the thread and said with emotion, "It's only right and proper for President Ma to come and see him off as he's leaving."

Despite the fact that Pinduoduo always brings up the early days of Taobao and Ma Yun to attract attention whenever it faces public criticism.

The two companies seem to be irreconcilable enemies, but as Qiangzi said, tonight is different. As the godfather of e-commerce, Lao Ma has an indelible importance to the development of the e-commerce industry.

Now that he is leaving the industry he pioneered, they, as beneficiaries or juniors of the industry, should at least come and see him off.

"Leaving isn't necessarily a bad thing."

Lu Liang chuckled, without much melancholy or sorrow, because he always felt that Old Ma would come back to fight.

Just then, a commotion broke out in my ears.

Lu Liang looked in the direction of the voice and exclaimed in surprise, "Mr. Ma's son is already so big?"

"Come here to Uncle, there are drinks here." He smiled and waved, picking up a child who was accompanied by an adult and looked nine-tenths like Old Ma.

“They’re obviously his biological children.” Lu Liang squinted, completely unaware of the strange expressions on the faces of Da Qiangzi and the others.

(End of this chapter)