After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future
Chapter 587 - 580: Because I Like It (Happy New Year)

Chapter 587: Chapter 580: Because I Like It (Happy New Year)

"Mr. Lu crossed the finish line, completing ten laps in seven minutes and fifty-five seconds."

Lu Liang, beaming, stood at the safe exit, waiting for Lei Jun who was half a lap behind.

When Lei Jun staggered over after getting out of the car, he smiled and said, "Mr. Lei, well played, how do you feel?"

On the day the track was built, he personally ran twenty laps, and over this period, he had certainly run over a hundred laps.

The result was already determined, and it wasn’t something worth boasting about. To keep Lei Jun from looking too bad, he even went easy on him.

"The torque is strong and the experience is quite good."

Lei Jun savored it carefully, then suddenly laughed, "It’s just that the straight tracks on the course are too few."

2.89 seconds to go from zero to a hundred, should be a real figure. It’s just that he wasn’t familiar with the track yet, not daring to step on the gas. By the time he was ready to accelerate, the straight track was over.

"Next time, let’s switch to a bigger one and have another go."

As they talked and walked, leaving the track, Lu Liang suddenly asked, "Mr. Lei, has Xiaomi decided on what model to make?"

Lei Jun pondered, then looked at Lu Liang seriously, "If Xiaomi also makes a sports sedan, would Mr. Lu feel the pressure?"

Lu Liang gradually tamed his smile and said solemnly, "Then the new Xiaomi car will be our biggest competitor."

Although they’re all second-time entrepreneurs, Li Xiang’s Auto Home, Li Bin’s Yiche, and He Xiaopeng’s UC are not even in the same league as Xiaomi.

The market values of the first two combined are only a billion US dollars. Although UC sold for 4.3 billion US dollars, it’s still less than a tenth of Xiaomi’s size.

With money, lacking nothing, as long as you hit the right trend,

it’s hard to lose, this is something Lu Liang knows well.

If he, an outsider, could set up this stage, then maturely structured and large-sized Xiaomi certainly could.

Just then, Xu Jiawei walked over and whispered something. Lu Liang looked up at Hu Weiwei and Wang Xiaofeng.

"Apologies, Mr. Lei, I need to step away for a moment."

"No problem, go ahead." Lei Jun smiled, watching Lu Liang leave. Li Bing came over and said, "In one hour, the orders for Tianshu have surpassed 30,000."

Lei Jun was slightly stunned, he expected good sales, but 30,000 in an hour seemed too outrageous.

"Mostly those causing a stir, the actual order quantity should be less than a third, or even less," Li Xiang chipped in.

"Who’s causing a stir?" Lei Jun was puzzled.

"I’ve heard, it’s not like anyone’s deliberately stirring things up, just some young people posting to show off."

Mr. Shen laughed, "They might not be able to come up with 300,000, but 6,000 isn’t too much of a stretch."

With a schadenfreude tone, "No idea how Mr. Lu plans to handle this, whether to confiscate deposits or show some leniency."

Lei Jun glanced at him and sighed, "Hasn’t Mr. Shen ever wondered why this phenomenon occurs?"

Ultimately, it’s about passion. When Li Xiang’s ONE, NIO’s ES8, and Weima’s CX5 were launched, did they have such phenomena?

Even the electric pioneer Tesla didn’t, which inevitably reminded him of earlier Apple phones.

Back then, kids were almost crazy, akin to this very moment.

"Well, gentlemen, I’m taking my leave now."

Lei Jun left, leaving the three muted and silent.

They exchanged glances, no longer interested in test drives, informing Xu Jiawei, and left one by one.

This is probably just the beginning, with a Labor Day two days away and a new energy car exhibition in Su City.

God knows what Lu Liang will pull off next; they’ve already prepared a complete counter-strategy.

Meanwhile, Lu Liang arrived at the office.

Upon hearing the story, he smiled and said, "It’s mainly because of passion, let’s give them another chance."

Wang Xiaofeng’s suggestion was not to refund, as option lock-in represents the beginning of the production process.

But Lu Liang was in a good mood today, willing to give them a chance, perhaps a three-hour cooling-off period.

He gestured for Xiao Chen to come over, smiling, "Set up the equipment, come and help me shoot a video."

"Thank you all for your enthusiastic support. As of this moment, April 28th, at 5:26 PM."

"The order lock-in for Tianshu stands at 37,202 units. However, according to our colleagues, many friends just want to enjoy a moment of possession."

"I can understand this feeling. But once the options are set and locked, the vehicle enters the production stage, meaning the deposit typically can’t be refunded."

"However, there are always exceptions. We will offer the first 37,202 owners a three-hour cooling-off period, during which, if you wish to refund, you can at any time."

"But the cooling-off period is only available this once today. After today, once the options are settled, your purchase intention is confirmed, and the deposit will not be refunded."

After Lu Liang finished, he beckoned Xiao Chen over, "Say something playful at the end."

Chen Jinchun looked bewildered, "What should I say?"

"Anything goes, feel free to improvise."

Lu Liang knew his speech was a bit formal, needing a touch of goofy charm to balance it out.

The power of self-media, he was deeply aware of it. Everyone said he was a traffic magnet, but it was actually Xiao Chen.

Lu Liang never expected that his accidental move would uncover Xiao Chen’s true talent.

Some people play abstract deliberately just for traffic, while others act normally but are still very abstract.

Xiao Chen is typically the latter, with a maxed-out abstract talent, frequently mingling with the wolf pack.

If she doesn’t become famous, it would be against nature.

Xiao Chen frowned, almost knitting her brows into a ’八’ shape, suddenly the camera zooms in on her face, she says pitifully: "Please, please, don’t mess things up, I’m begging you."

After filming, she looked at Lu Liang, cautiously asking: "Mr. Lu, is this okay?"

"It’s quite good." Lu Liang couldn’t hold back the laughter, Tang Caide, Hu Weiwei, and Wang Xiaofeng burst out laughing.

Xiao Chen was confused, gritting her teeth with anger, nudging Zhuo Yifan’s shoulder: "What are they laughing about?"

"Nothing much." Zhuo Yifan shook his head, holding back his laughter.

"Upload the video early, release the lock order figures by midnight, I have to go back to Modu for something."

Lu Liang left, he needed to return to Modu to handle a ’small issue’, planning to come back the day after tomorrow.

Exiting the park, he saw the transport trucks queued up, the seven hundred units produced earlier were being orderly sent to stores across the country.

stores with a base of three units each, one for display, two for test drives, more test drive units might be added in developed cities.

The news of Lu Liang leaving Su City was captured and uploaded online by many curious onlookers.

Because he didn’t drive the Bentley with 11288 Modu license plate from before, but drove the Tianxing he produced himself.

The conference ended less than three hours ago, yet this car could already be seen on the road, and the driver was obviously known.

The car just stopped at a red light, many fellow cars honked to greet, Lu Liang rolled down the window and waved, smiling: "Hello there."

The other party hurriedly put away his phone, said excitedly: "Mr. Lu, this car is very handsome, keep it up~"

"Thank you for the support, drive safely, goodbye."

On his way to Modu, Xiao Chen also completed the editing, and updated the video on Tianxing Automobile’s official website.

"Damn, I knew it, where did all these rich people come from, turns out they’re just posers."

"Liangzi is too lenient, if it were me, why bother being calm, take all the orders."

"Although some people placed orders maliciously, the 37 thousand lock orders is just outrageous."

"Ideal One only sold for two years, and it seems barely reached eighty thousand units, right?"

"Fun fact, NIO fared worse, in three years they haven’t even sold thirty thousand units."

One comment stirred up a huge wave, netizens resisting posers gradually came to realization.

This seems to be the first time a domestic brand was maliciously ordered by consumers, because the prerequisite for posing is worthiness.

Just like being used, you have to be worth something to be used, useless people don’t even qualify.

Ideal One sold for over thirty thousand, NIO ES8 over forty thousand, back then no one made orders just to boast.

"Could Liangzi be getting back up again?"

"How did that come up, when has he ever gone down?"

Once the cooling-off period news was released, posers with lots of screenshots hastily applied for refunds.

The three-hour cooling-off period is calculated from the order time, some people might not be able to refund if applied too late.

An hour later, Lu Liang returned to Modu.

As soon as he entered the company, he received a call from Hu Weiwei: "Mr. Lu, in the first hour, over nineteen thousand units were refunded."

They might be too happy, with thirty-seven thousand lock orders, those who truly intend to buy are probably less than one-fifth.

"Mr. Hu, don’t be too pressured, don’t be fretful, remember what our initial goal was?"

Lu Liang chuckled, last night they held a meeting and set a goal for today’s lock order before noon.

As long as locking exceeds ten thousand units, it’s a success, because their current monthly capacity is barely more than five to six thousand.

The best scenario is to schedule production for eight weeks, consumers won’t wait too long, and they will have ample time to prepare.

If over the next half year, sales can maintain over five thousand monthly, Lu Liang would be very satisfied.

Because now they’ve just passed the trial production stage, at least another three months are needed for full capacity release.

If suddenly there’s thirty to fifty thousand lock orders,

the latest production schedule might have to wait until half a year later.

But half a year later is autumn, the season when new cars pile up, they also plan to release an SUV.

If today’s locked orders are too high, and still not delivered half a year later, with a new car launch by then.

Although different models should not be considered a backstab, it would still be quite displeasing, eating from one bowl while eyeing the pot.

Aiming for ten thousand, striving for fifteen thousand, but try not to exceed twenty thousand, that was the goal he set last night.