After Divorce, I Can Hear the Future
Chapter 615: The Ostracized TK

"How do you feel? Pretty good."

Cheng Wei let out a few dry laughs. He wanted to say Lu Liang was too suspicious, but he didn’t dare to.

All he could do was silently pray for Liu Qing, hoping that she would turn misfortune into fortune, overcome difficulties, revert danger into opportunities, and live a second life.

"How’s your collaboration with Zhu Jingshi going these days?"

Lu Liang chatted with Cheng Wei as they walked, since he was already there, he decided to learn more about DiDi’s situation.

Cheng Wei replied, "Currently, the gender ratio of employees in the company has dropped to 61 to 39."

When Liu Qing was in charge, in order to quell the public relations crisis caused by several heinous driver rape and murder cases that year.

She successively established a Women’s Care League and a Diversity Alliance, leading to a severe gender imbalance among DiDi employees.

So at the end of last year, under the guise of going public, they began addressing these issues with equity incentives in one hand and strict regulations in the other.

The facts proved that women are extremely easy to disperse.

Just by removing Liu Qing, who supported them, and winning over secondary leaders like the legal director Huang Molin, or the deputy director of the marketing department Wang Xin, they became a loose sand. .

Apply a little pressure, assign them to tasks previously handled only by male employees, and they’re overwhelmed, volunteering to resign without even needing compensation.

"Women are still easier to handle, even if the sky falls, there are men at home to bear it."

Lu Liang mused, thinking of those programmers at Tianxing Technology.

After all, married women can confide their workplace grievances to their husbands at home, who are likely to soften and let them resign and take a break.

If they are unmarried, they can fall back on their parents, as it’s the daughter, and raising her until she’s thirty is considered rightful.

Those who are pretty may even have a bunch of admirers, facing no pressure at all.

But looking at men, unmarried ones need to save money for marriage, married ones need to save for buying a house, and once they have a house, they need to repay the mortgage, and with children, they need to support them.

Moreover, typically by this time, their parents are also around sixty or seventy years old, needing to have some money saved just in case.

"Otherwise, why are they said to be the most hard-working people in the world?"

Cheng Wei suddenly felt a bit sympathetic, along with a shared sense of sorrow as a man.

What a tragic life.

If there weren’t the constraints of headhunter contracts, and Lu Liang didn’t care about reputation, there wouldn’t be any need for precursor team building.

With a single layoff call, they would have to face any challenges, let alone heading to a better paying Su City.

"There’s still a need for people in the later development, requiring a new adaptation period."

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

"Perhaps." Lu Liang chuckled.

Seeing Zhu Jingshi in Cheng Wei’s office, they soon started discussing plans for the next few years.

The domestic ride-hailing market is nearing saturation, and DiDi’s market share is already high enough; now that it’s listed, preparations should be made for the next quarter’s financial report.

Commonly known as entering the harvesting mode, previous twenty yuan ride coupons or five-kilometer two yuan premium rides will be a thing of the past.

After burning money in the domestic ride-hailing market for so many years, it’s time to start generating profits and use domestic profits to tap into overseas markets.

"Mr. Lu, are you interested in collaborating on developing autonomous taxis?"

Zhu Jingshi talked about Baidu’s Apollo project, with the current pace of electric vehicle development, the era of autonomous driving is soon upon us.

"A small collaboration can be considered, but don’t get too deeply involved." Lu Liang thought for a moment, willing to cooperate but not willing to invest too much money.

Zhu Jingshi frowned, not understanding, if technology is developed to a certain extent, isn’t it used to replace manual labor, otherwise what’s the point?

"Mr. Lu is right, Tianxing and DiDi can cooperate in development, but shouldn’t dive too deeply."

Cheng Wei said solemnly, "Because our country has too many people, drivers, couriers, food delivery workers, perhaps they are the last resorts chosen over entering factories by countless ordinary people, autonomous driving taxis are destined not to thrive in the short term."

"Perhaps we need to wait until manual labor becomes as precious as it is in developed countries for autonomous driving taxis to have a market."

Lu Liang continued, "Although the emergence of a new industry will inevitably replace the old one, if the price of developing a new industry is the stability of the country, then this industry absolutely cannot develop."

As of the end of last year, there were 9.92 million ride-hailing drivers nationwide, 6.12 million food delivery workers, and 3.22 million couriers, nearly twenty million young adults working in these three industries.

Ride-hailing drivers are the most numerous, for two reasons: first, they can work part-time, second, many are traditional taxi drivers.

If millions of young adults have their livelihood disrupted without finding new paths, society would likely fall into chaos.

Lu Liang has recently been reading a novel called "1984," a passage in it says well that the purpose of law enforcement is not to discern right from wrong, nor to stand up for the weak, but to maintain regime stability.

If developing technology costs social stability, then it’s better not to have such technology, like the Qing dynasty’s closed-door policy.

They weren’t unaware of the benefits of industry, but then what, benefiting the populace but harming their own interests, better not have it.

The group talked for an afternoon, finally ending with Lu Liang receiving a phone call, marking the conclusion of this conversation.

Leaving DiDi, Lu Liang went to Douyin, where Zhang Yiming, who valued him highly, personally greeted him at the door.

"Mr. Zhang, it’s been over two years, is this necessary?"

Lu Liang seemed displeased, every time he visited Douyin, he felt like he was visiting a prison needing an escort.

"Necessary!" Zhang Yiming sneered, "This matter, I’ll remember it even if I lie in a coffin."

A good son suddenly turned into an adopted one, which father would forget? Who dares to forget?

Moreover, this son’s talent, strength, potential,

It’s not an exaggeration to say he has the makings of a great emperor.

Domestically slaying in the short video industry, going abroad it’s the same chaos, unchallenged anywhere.

Domestic users number 820 million, overseas users 420 million, they already have the qualification to be on equal footing with Twitter and YouTube.

Douyin even 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, but also in financial wars and propaganda wars.

Western media voices are firmly controlled by them.

Though East Country fervently promotes itself, from the videos taken by South Asian monkeys eating chaotically being adored by white people, it’s evident that the impact is minimal.

In contrast, Western media’s propaganda is very effective, leading the majority of the national populace to believe Asians should be like this.

It was Douyin’s appearance that broke the Western media’s barriers, allowing ordinary people in those countries to see the true East Country.

The leaders of domestic external publicity are eager to hold Douyin in their arms, cherish it like gold.

As Douyin develops better and better,

Aside from Zhang Yiming’s joy, his displeasure towards Lu Liang grows.

Originally such a perfect, flawless son turned into an adopted one because of his one oversight.

"Mr. Zhang, one should still be generous in life, isn’t this situation now quite good?"

Lu Liang squinted his eyes with a smile, Zhang Yiming snorted coldly, "I just went to watch a talk yesterday, advising people to be generous..."

He didn’t continue, Lu Liang chuckled, "This sounds familiar, Deyun Society’s talk right?"

Zhang Yiming nodded, inviting Lu Liang into the office, and with no outsiders present, he let down his guard.

Once the assistant served Lu Liang with a cup of tea and left, he said, "Mr. Lu, I’m here to ask for a favor."

"Mr. Zhang, there’s no need for formalities, just say it plainly, after all, I am a co-founder of Douyin too." Lu Liang grinned.

Zhang Yiming’s eye twitched, if he didn’t need a favor, he really wouldn’t want to meet with Lu Liang, that scoundrel.

Taking a deep breath, he cut to the chase, "TK encountered trouble in its overseas expansion."

The media voice is one of the United States’ lethal weapons, now being forcibly torn open.

Despite maintaining neutrality and not participating in any party or political disputes, they are still being specifically targeted collectively by new and old powers in regions like Europe and America.

Traditional powers like Fox and CNN accused them of unfair competition and alleged racial discrimination.

Under Old Te’s leadership team, with fabricated charges, they were accused of illegal user data collection.

Since TK became popular overseas, its progress has been difficult at every step, as if facing worldwide exclusion.