After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 828 One-Star Emperor

“A valuation of $300 billion, with 20% allocated to the IPO, and we'll cover $25 billion.”

Initially, Lu Liang proposed to take 30% of General Tianxing's shares and go public via IPO.

He was worried that as trade frictions between the two countries intensified in the future, this investment might be lost forever.

Just like this time when shorting Japan, Wall Street institutions drove the USD/JPY exchange rate down to 140 yen, it's the same principle.

Furthermore, Tongtian will be facing off against Tesla in the market, and if it doesn't have a large enough number of shares in circulation, it will be difficult to achieve significant success.

However, General Motors expressed strong opposition, as Flannery had already disagreed with Tongtian going public at this time.

Now that Lu Liang wants to offer 30% of his shares for IPO financing, they are even less likely to agree.

The two sides were deadlocked for a time, but eventually each compromised and chose 20%, raising $60 billion.

Tianxing acquired the issuance rights worth $25 billion. Lu Liang planned to leave $500 million to Delimei, leaving $2 billion remaining.

"What are your thoughts?" Lu Liang asked.

Xu Jiawei said, "Mr. Lu, the Hong Kong market is already very stable, so there is no need to invest too many resources."

“Just what I thought,” Lu Liang said with a smile.

He thought for a moment and said, "Then let's have 6.25 million each for Hong Kong and Korea, and 12.5 billion for Japan, with an issue price of 20 US dollars per share. We can adjust the price appropriately based on market sentiment."

In this IPO, General Star will issue 3 million shares at a base price of $20 per share.

The reason why IPOs of well-known companies are so sought after is because there is a high probability that they can be issued at a premium.

Tianxing Financial holds the rights to issue 1.25 million shares. Even if the price increases by only 5% and the premium is only one dollar, it would still generate a profit of $1.25 million.

Although it's just a drop in the ocean compared to the potential profits from shorting Japan, the opportunity to short a country's currency doesn't come every day.

Moreover, speculation involves bearing corresponding risks, while this is a stable investment with absolutely no possibility of loss.

"Yes, Mr. Lu."

Xu Jiawei breathed a sigh of relief; this time, Lu Liang was finally satisfied with his answer.

After returning last time, he felt something was wrong, so he consulted his secretary, Wen Chao, the boss.

As a result, he was severely reprimanded. Wen Chao said that although the answer from the "jack-of-all-trades" was good, it showed a lack of responsibility.

If Lu Liang needed seasoned veterans, he wouldn't send them out to expand their territory. What Lu Liang needed was their drive, that fearless spirit of youth.

So Xu Jiawei, after much painful reflection, vowed to remove the label of being irresponsible from himself.

Just as the two were talking, news of Alipay's overseas version providing subsidies of hundreds of billions of yen also reached China.

Seeing subsidies of several thousand or even tens of thousands of yen, Chinese netizens were green with envy.

"I'm not convinced. Why should Xiaozhi get such a generous subsidy? Ryoko is being biased."

"You're not convinced? They got these sweet dates by triggering a three-tiered circuit breaker in the stock market. Would you have accepted that?"

"Why wouldn't I want to? I don't trade stocks."

"But I don't want to. Damn it, the Nikkei is starting to rebound, but the A-shares, which were dragged down, are still sluggish."

"No way, no way, there are still people who have hope for the A-shares? Didn't you see that Liangzi has set an example?"

The Chinese football team (Da A) is just as tenacious as the national football team. Even though it has been criticized time and time again, year after year, it has never changed its original aspirations.

At 3 PM Tokyo time, Japanese stocks closed, with the Nikkei index surging 2432 points over two days to close at 18932.

Although the index appears to have rebounded by 62.51%, the USD/JPY exchange rate is firmly held at the 140 yen level, showing no signs of a rebound.

It is an undeniable fact that the wealth of the Japanese people has been plundered, but the sharp rebound of the Nikkei index has preserved the last shred of dignity.

Ansan was thus able to smoothly regain control of the government.

"Sir, are you free this Friday evening?"

Ota called Lu Liang to inform him of the situation and invited him to a rehabilitation dinner hosted by the Mitsui Sumitomo Group for Anzan.

"What's the difference between this and using the emperor to command the feudal lords?" Lu Liang chuckled, speechless. "An Shan agreed to participate?"

From ancient times to the present, Japan's heritage has never been interrupted, and it has preserved far more characteristics and customs of ancient Chinese civilization than Korea.

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a good banquet. Even if Anzan wanted to hold a recovery banquet, it wouldn't be up to Mitsui Sumitomo to host it for him.

Sumitomo Mitsui, or Rei Ota, held a recovery dinner for Anzan with only one purpose: to announce it to the world.

Now that Ansan has returned to the Prime Minister's residence, the main contributor is Sumitomo Mitsui, who is also Ota Rei. From now on, whoever speaks to him should keep their voice down.

Ota Rei chuckled, neither confirming nor denying. Lu Liang thought for a moment and said, "If I have time, I'll go and take a look."

"We would be happy to welcome you anytime, sir!"

Upon hearing Ota Rei's words, Lu Liang's lips curled up into a smile.

In the following days, Alipay continued to distribute its billions in subsidies in Japan, while Xingheng methodically eroded the thirteen companies that Tianxing Financial had acquired stakes in through financing or loan collateral.

The Nikkei 225 index rose for three consecutive days, but just as it was about to return to 20,000 points, it suddenly lost momentum and began to fall.

A finance professor at the University of Tokyo published a paper specifically on this issue, pointing out that the key factor was the sharp depreciation of the yen, which caused the Japanese stock market to lose its upward momentum because the outflow of wealth was real and did not flow back in.

However, such remarks can only circulate in a small circle, because Fuji TV has maintained its top three daily viewership ratings by spending money on marketing and constantly exposing so-called insider information during the period when Japan was being shorted.

Alipay, under the PayPal Group, is also using the guise of robbing the rich to help the poor to frantically distribute money and gain favor.

Today, Lu Liang has become a god among young people in Japan.

With over three million members, the fan club has become an indispensable force in the Japanese fandom. They absolutely forbid anyone from saying anything bad about Lu Liang, not even a professor from the University of Tokyo.

Lu Liang's anticipated achievement of becoming a three-star emperor has made a breakthrough, with one star appearing faintly, seemingly indicating that he has already achieved the status of a one-star emperor. As Tianxing Financial digests the gains from shorting Japan, the East Asian financial markets are also welcoming a long-awaited period of calm.

Nothing major happened, but minor issues kept piling up.
First, Chinese Estates Holdings announced the completion of its restructuring and was wholly acquired by Skystar Financial Holdings. Lau Ming-wai, Lau's son, left Ocean Park and officially joined Skystar Financial Holdings.

This move was also called recognizing a thief as one's father. Although Liu was not a human being and always let his stepmother fight against him, Liu was still his father after all, and Lu Liang was the culprit who forced Liu to leave.

Secondly, Emperor Entertainment followed closely behind, completing its delisting and privatization process and receiving a $1.28 million investment from Tianxing Financial, acquiring a 40% stake.

As general manager, Yang Qisheng led Emperor Group, which had shares held by Tianxing Financial, to merge with Good Dream Productions in Shanghai, mainland China, to form Huangmeng Culture Media Group. Emperor Entertainment, which was once famous in Hong Kong, became a thing of the past.

Yang Qisheng had discussed it with Lu Liang. After all, they were going to enter the education and media industry in Hong Kong in the future, and it would be inappropriate to continue using the name of Emperor Entertainment Group.

After all, Emperor Group is an abbreviation, while the full name is Royal Entertainment Group, which has a more sophisticated and international feel.

Yang Qisheng said he had consulted his father, who had no objections, so Lu Liang agreed.

Finally, New World Development applied for a brand change, transforming itself from New World Development Property Group into Hengtai New World, and officially entered the Hong Kong real estate market.

They began a frenzy of land acquisitions and financing, attempting to salvage the outwardly impressive but inwardly flawed Hengtai Group by injecting fresh capital from the Hong Kong real estate market.

Time flies, and it's Thursday.

Lu Liang rushed to the airport and invited several top Hong Kong media outlets to give Wen Chao a grand welcome back from the United States.

From the moment Wen Chao's team got off the plane, the surrounding flashes kept going off, and even Lu Liang gave up his seat on the left and stood on Wen Chao's right.

After a journey of stops and starts, lasting half an hour, the group finally boarded the bus that was supposed to pick them up at the airport.

Before Wen Chao could even settle into his seat, a strange look crossed his face, and he couldn't help but ask, "President Lu, do you have some weird new idea again?"

"That's a good thing," Lu Liang said with a smile, his eyes narrowing. "Isn't it a good thing that you've become famous?"

"But I'm scared~" Wen Chao smiled wryly, feeling both flattered and terrified of the unknown.

Although he hadn't been Lu Liang's secretary for a long time, he knew Lu Liang better than he did himself.

"To offer favors without a reason, to visit temples without a purpose, and to rise early without profit"—this is Boss Lu's motto for life.

"Don't act like a girl."

Lu Liang glared at him irritably and beckoned to his new secretary, Sun Zheyuan: "I've arranged some schedules for you. Get these media outlets sorted out by Monday. How do you do it? You figure it out."

Next Tuesday, GM's roadshow will begin in Hong Kong, followed by Korea and Japan, so I must take care of all the trivial matters before Monday and set aside a day for it.

"Hello, Mr. Chao. My name is Sun Zheyuan. You can just call me Xiao Sun."

Facing his idol, Sun Zheyuan suppressed his excitement and told Wen Chao that Lu Liang had helped him accept interviews from six media outlets.

These media outlets originally intended to interview Lu Liang, but Lu Liang said something to them that made them agree to interview Wen Chao instead.

Wen Chao looked at Lu Liang with a puzzled expression. Lu Liang smiled and said, "Just conduct a normal interview. Consider it as building momentum for Tongtian's roadshow."

He gradually came to enjoy being the behind-the-scenes boss and was no longer willing to show his face in public, becoming a sitting duck for others, to avoid being suddenly struck by disaster one day.

Therefore, a plan was formulated to develop the East Asian financial market in the next six months, and to support a spokesperson for Tianxing Financial.

In the future, Lu Liang will gradually hide himself away and break down all the power in his hands into smaller parts.

Wen Chao frowned, puzzled but didn't ask any further questions.

He simply replied with a "okay".

On the way to the city, Lu Liang suddenly took out a house purchase contract for only one Hong Kong dollar: "This is for you. Also, please tell Xiao Wen that I'm sorry."

Wen Liqing, Wen Chao's fiancée.

They have been in love for twelve years. They went to Tokyo with Wen Chao before, and now they have returned to Hong Kong with Wen Chao.

The two had gotten engaged before the Lunar New Year and planned to get married on National Day, a fact that Lu Liang was aware of.

However, Lu Liang made a last-minute decision to launch Tongtian ahead of schedule, and Wen Chao needed to go to America for a business trip, so the wedding date had to be postponed again.

Lu Liang only recently remembered this incident, and also recalled the scene when he sent Wen Chao to America.

Without uttering a single word of refusal, he quietly postponed the wedding.

Feeling guilty, Lu Liang bought him a large apartment in Central as a wedding gift.

Wen Chao was taken aback. He glanced at the 2300 square feet marked on the contract and waved his hand in refusal: "President Lu, I cannot accept this."

"Not accepting it is disrespecting me." Lu Liang threatened first with a stern face, then said earnestly, "Although the company rents an apartment for you, you don't understand girls' feelings. A rented apartment is still a rented apartment; it can't give them the feeling of home."

"Although your annual salary is indeed not low, the housing prices in Hong Kong are even higher. With your current income level, it will take at least three more years to save up for a down payment. That young lady has waited for you for so many years. Do you want her to wait for a few more years?"

Wen Chao remained silent. Lu Liang then said, "Whether you want it or not, I've already paid the unexpected income tax and transfer fees. You can decide for yourself."

If he buys a house, he can use the company's name, but if he buys it as a gift and designates a specific owner, he will have to pay real money and the corresponding taxes.

"Thank you, Mr. Lu." Wen Chao thought for a long time before thanking him and silently accepting the purchase contract.

"That's more like it." Lu Liang smiled, very satisfied with Wen Chao's attitude.

Saying thank you is enough; there's no need for anything else.

Lu Liang put his arm around Wen Chao's shoulder and said earnestly, "Xiao Chao, don't worry. Once General Motors Tianxing goes public, I'll give you at least half a month off."

“You said the same thing last time,” Wen Chao said abruptly.

Lu Liang chuckled dryly: "Times have changed."

We'll see when the time comes.

Wen Chao, who was usually serious, suddenly smiled, a happy smile on his face: "Xiao Wen, she has always been very understanding of me."

(End of this chapter)