After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future
Chapter 597 - 589: At Eighteen, Standing Like a Henchman

Chapter 597: Chapter 589: At Eighteen, Standing Like a Henchman

"Brothers, there are so many people today."

Lu Liang had just stepped onto the stage when he saw a girl dressed in a brown JK outfit with twin ponytails, holding a selfie stick and looking around sneakily.

He smiled faintly, took the microphone from Xu Daolai, and shouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters, please look this way."

"I’m Lu Liang, and I felt your enthusiasm backstage, so I couldn’t wait to come up and meet you."

"There indeed are a lot of friends here today. Fortunately, the exhibition is big enough. I hope everyone can move inside and not block the entrance."

"Friends waiting in line outside, please don’t worry. The cars are still here, the models are still here, and I’m still here."

"If you’re feeling parched while waiting, you can get some complimentary mineral water and fruit with your ticket stub near the exit."

"On behalf of the car show organizers, I want to thank you all again for your support."

At the car show that started at 9:30, apart from media people and outdoor streamers, most of the attendees were elderly folks.

It’s also the elderly group that’s prone to causing trouble. As long as you lure them away, everything else becomes manageable.

As Lu Liang expected, as soon as he finished speaking, a group of elderly folks poured into the once empty exit.

Compared to free ice cream, fruits are more appealing to them, and rice or cooking oil would be even better.

With the elderly folks heading to the exit, the venue suddenly became spacious and orderly.

"Liang, you still got it."

Li Manli squinted her eyes with pride, feeling honored; he truly is her man.

But as soon as she finished speaking, she regretted it. The tens of thousands of viewers in the live stream room were all uniformly typing ’?’.

"Don’t look back, what’s so good about a man in his thirties? I will support you with my delivery job."

"Streamer, I advise you to forget about Liangzi. You two are not the same kind of people at all."

"New fan here, totally confused. Can someone in the know explain this?"

"Liangzi was in a relationship with Xiaomeng for two years."

"Liangzi’s ex-girlfriend? So impressive?"

"Former candidate for a billionaire’s wife?"

"Billionaire’s wife; what are you thinking? Just a fling."

Li Manli’s face turned dark, visibly upset, shouting, "Mods, get to work. Kick that one out for me."

She and Lu Liang were genuinely in love, she believed Lu Liang felt the same. It’s just that the chaotic world didn’t allow Lu Liang to belong to her alone.

She could understand, but the reality of their relationship shouldn’t be questioned by others, even if it’s just talk.

Meanwhile, as Lu Liang stepped down from the stage, Xu Daolai greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Lu, thanks to you."

"Director Xu, this is indeed an oversight on your side. Even a nominal ten-yuan ticket fee would have sufficed."

Lu Liang spoke frankly, good deeds should be recognized, and help should also be acknowledged, otherwise people might think it’s expected.

If he hadn’t come out to calm the situation, who knows what might have happened next, like a stampede incident?

If it really happened, Director Xu might lose his position, and Lu Liang needed to make him aware of the consequences.

"Mr. Lu, this was my oversight, and I am truly grateful. I will remember this." Xu Daolai said sincerely.

Lu Liang suddenly smiled lightly: "Just a small favor, no need to worry about it."

"Director Xu, you go ahead and be busy. I just saw a friend coming over."

Earlier on stage, he seemed to have spotted Li Bing’s figure and planned to find out what that group was up to.

"Mr. Lu, remember you’ll have to speak again around ten past ten," Xu Daolai reminded.

"I’ll be back shortly." Lu Liang nodded and briskly headed toward the NIO exhibition hall.

"Mr. Li, how come you’re here so early?" On the way, after a few photo stops, Lu Liang reached Li Bing’s side.

"The early bird gets the worm." Li Bing motioned with her mouth towards the exhibition hall of Li Xiang and He Xiaopeng; both were present.

The two looked serious, observing the Tianxing exhibition hall and talking about something, though it was too far to hear.

"Let’s go over and see what they’re discussing."

Lu Liang said with a smile, also casting a glance at his own exhibition hall.

Amongst the twenty large and small exhibition halls, the Tianxing Automobile hall was the largest, currently drawing the most visitors.

The three display cars were surrounded by people and almost polished by the crowd’s eyes. Not hiring car models was definitely a wise choice.

Li Bing nodded, but before leaving, she couldn’t help but glance at her own cold, indifferent exhibition hall, with only a few car models striking poses.

The ep9 is indeed cool, but it’s still just a concept car; nothing else NIO brought to this show stands out.

"Mr. Li, Mr. He, long time no see."

"Mr. Lu, congratulations on the success of your new car."

Li Xiang and He Xiaopeng sighed, knowing better than anyone how tough the new energy sector is.

Especially pure electric, which is nothing like the urban myth of a smartphone with four wheels.

Without a refrigerator, without a sofa, how does Tianshu become so popular? Could it be that Lu Liang’s personal influence is really that great, that it makes fans spend hundreds of thousands to buy a car?

Lu Liang smiled and said, "Mr. Li, the path Li Xiang chose might not be wrong, but it doesn’t mean Tiansing’s path is wrong."

Besides BYD and Tesla, there’s Weiliao and Weima. This auto show also features nearly eighteen new energy brands.

Li Xiang’s success has given people an illusion: a refrigerator, a TV, a big sofa, a car is like a moving home.

So they compete desperately, wishing they could use the toilet, take a shower, eat hotpot inside the car, creating all kinds of features.

Previously, Lu Liang agreed with this path, but now, he doesn’t.

Firstly, a car is a mode of transportation, everything else comes second.

Treating a car like a home is only in a circumstance of necessity.

If conditions allow, spending a few dozen bucks on a motel is far more comfortable than staying in a car.

Therefore, Tiansing chose the same path as Tesla, focusing on safety, performance, energy consumption, control.

Firstly, a car is a mode of transportation, and on this basis, to expand into refrigerators, TVs, sofas is fine, but it’s not necessary.

Lastly, there’s intelligent driving: visual technology combined with radar technology. The complete form of Tianshu is presented, an area Li Xiang cannot compare.

"Ah, intelligent driving..." Li Xiang locked his brows, the seeds planted then have now yielded bitter fruits.

However, he had no choice back then. If given another choice, it would be the same. Li Xiang didn’t have the money to develop himself, so he had to accept the Tiansing license.

Moreover, Tiansing OS is definitely in the top echelon.

The world only knows about Lu Liang’s investment in the Tiansing District, even launching a hundred-billion level Luo Shui New Energy Industrial Park for it.

However, knowing not, Tiansing District is just about spending money, whereas Tiansing OS is what consumed most of his energy over the past two years.

First, he coerced Luo, forcing him to sell Hammer OS, making it the basis of Tiansing OS architecture.

Next, he plotted against DiDi, willing to offend the Liu family, sweeping Liu Qing out of the picture, just to access DiDi’s massive database to feed the system.

The former is now Lu Liang’s number one black critic, broadcasting daily with snide remarks, saying that if Hammer Technology hadn’t died, it would have had its place in the new energy era. It’s a pity there were dark forces at play, not a fault of their own.

The latter was defeated in DiDi, returned to the embrace of Lenovo, united with Geely to acquire Lotus, watching from the sidelines, ready to invade at any moment.

These two causes and effects, not everyone can bear, Lu Liang managed it, hence Tiansing OS could join the top tier.

Li Xiang couldn’t help but sigh, looking at Li Bing. The two exchanged looks, understanding each other’s bitterness.

Li Xiang has good sales, some spare cash,

NIO just listed, with some money on hand.

They can start self-developing the car system, but their hands and feet are tied.

Because now Li Xiang and NIO’s car owners are used to wearing the Li Xiang and NIO skin, but actually using Tiansing’s system.

Even if their self-developed car system surpasses Tiansing OS, changing the habits of car owners is very difficult.

Moreover, in the short term, they aren’t confident enough to create a car system that surpasses Tiansing OS.

What’s more, they are making progress in self-development,

Is Tiansing OS going to stagnate?

With the first step wrong, they don’t know how much cost is needed to correct it in the future, perhaps even unable to correct it.

As the two exchanged glances, Xu Jiawei quietly walked over to Lu Liang and whispered, "Mr. Lu, it’s almost time."

"Everyone, please continue chatting, I will go up and say a few words." Lu Liang beamed, greeted them, and quickly stepped onto the stage.

Watching his departing figure, Li Xiang asked in a deep voice, "What is NIO thinking? Continuing to use Tiansing’s car system?"

Li Bing smiled and said, "The battery swap project has already consumed too much of our financial, material, and energy resources, no mind to focus on anything else."

Li Xiang said coldly, "Tiansing OS has grown into Android. Can you really not see the dilemma those mobile companies are facing now?"

Li Xiang wants to self-develop, but currently, financial, material, and energy resources don’t support them to resist Tiansing, so they can only ally.

"Seeing it, what else can we do?"

Li Bing responded calmly, "Android belongs to Google, but Tiansing belongs to Mr. Lu."

Li Xiang stared at him for a long time, full of disappointment: "You’ve changed."

Li Bing chuckled, indifferent: "If Li Xiang had a chance to list in the U.S., I think you would change too."

In any industry, at the end, it’s a capital game. Lu Liang has already managed to squeeze onto the table, becoming a member of capital.

He doesn’t think this change is a bad thing.

Li Xiang remained silent.

Beside him, He Xiaopeng wanted to speak but stopped, in the end unable to say it.

At eighteen, standing like a lackey.

If Li Xiang asked, Xiaopeng would definitely agree, but he seems to have no qualifications to cooperate.

Li Xiang has sales, NIO has money,

In contrast, Xiaopeng has nothing.