After the Divorce, I Could Hear the Voice of the Future-Chapter 322 - 321: The Pig on the Wind

"Mr. Lu suddenly asked, "Mr. Zhu, does Suteng Chuangju still lack capital?"

"Mr. Lu, I’m sorry, we are not short of capital at the moment."

Zhu Xiaoxin snapped out of it, his furrowed brows finally relaxed.

Suteng Juchuang was established three years ago when DJ’s Elf series had already been released, becoming the world’s first integrated aerial photography drone, valuing the company at tens of billions of Yuan overnight.

Based on this, Suteng Juchuang was founded, and everyone knew that with two research lines in her hands, one being the flight control system turned into DJ, and the other being unmanned vehicle radar, could it become another DJ?

In three years, eight rounds of financing had taken place, with investors including East Money, BYD, Xiaomi, Beiqi, and 23 other venture capital institutions, forming a luxurious lineup; naturally, they were not short of capital.

Mr. Lu sighed, his disappointment written all over his face.

Zhu Xiaoxin smiled and added, "Mr. Lu, if Tianxing Investment is interested, you could look into the next round of financing."

Currently, although Wen’s Shares is still the top dog on the Growth Enterprise Market, Ningde, with a market value of hundreds of billions, has securely taken the second place, occasionally even giving the top spot a run for its money.

It is just a battery supplier with an annual revenue of 18.9 billion Yuan and a profit of 4.3 billion Yuan; how it deserved a market value of hundreds of billions is a mystery.

All this cannot be separated from Mr. Lu’s personal shareholding and Tianxing Mixed Fund’s substantial position.

With Mr. Lu’s influence in the financial market, as long as he is willing to accept, I believe many are ready to give away shares for free.

Because as long as Mr. Lu holds shares, they could take the opportunity to join the ’Tianxing System’ and enjoy the mindless pursuit of stock investors.

Suteng Juchuang has true talent and skill; it would not simply give away its shares for cheap, but it is equally welcoming to Mr. Lu.

Mr. Lu nodded, made a verbal agreement with Zhu Xiaoxin, and their conversation naturally turned to the main topic. He asked, "Mr. Zhu, Mr. Wang, to what extent has DJ’s smart driving research and development progressed?"

Wang Tao looked at Zhu Xiaoxin, got permission to speak, and pondered, "It has reached a complete L2 level of assisted driving."

L2 level belongs to partial autonomous driving, where the basic operations are completed by the vehicle, with the driver only needing to take care of peripheral monitoring, ready to take over at any time. The main features include ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control), automatic follow, and automatic parking, etc.

"Mr. Wang, then what are your plans for collaboration?"

A smile remained on Mr. Lu’s face, but there was a flash of worry in his eyes.

Even DJ had developed L2 level assisted driving, whereas they were currently only at L1.5.

It’s not hard to achieve automatic follow or automatic parking, but the difficult part is the ACC at full speed.

When the vehicle in front decelerates sharply or brakes urgently, manual intervention and immediate response are needed in case of an emergency.

Their ACC functionality could only manage up to a speed of 80 km/h and still couldn’t meet the full-speed standard.

Because the faster you go, the shorter the reaction time, necessitating a response in just fractions of a second.

"Mr. Lu, we can offer technology and capital, holding a 20% stake and enjoy a seat on the board of directors."

Zhu Xiaoxin had said that Mr. Lu was very independent; his company was basically not in need of capital, and it was best not to hope to strip him of his control.

So, after their discussion, they settled for second best and joined Tianxing Technology in the name of investing with technology and capital.

After all, DJ’s main business is drones, and recently they have been busy with the launch of the ’Yu’ series, not having the heart to care about the rest.

The development of the new energy smart driving system was only because investors wanted to follow the trend; investing in Tianxing also provided an explanation to them.

"I’ll go back to Modu and think about it."

Mr. Lu pondered at length, not in a rush to agree nor did he haggle; he wanted to go back and meet with Liu Qing first.

Compare whether to let DJ’s technology take shares at a lesser cost, or to let DiDi take shares.

When caught between two evils, one should choose the lesser; after all, Mr. Lu’s shares were only 90% remaining, and with every additional force, it would be diluted a little more.

Zhu Xiaoxin looked at Wang Tao and nodded slightly; Wang Tao received the signal and said with a smile, "Certainly."

Next, although they did not take Mr. Lu to visit the company, they also took him to the testing ground to see.

They demonstrated their Hive technology, with over two hundred micro-drones taking off at the same time, performing various formations and combinations in mid-air.

"Mr. Lu, try it out." Wang Tao said proudly, handing the master control computer to Mr. Lu and clapped his hands, commanding all the lights at the testing ground to go out.

On the master control computer, there were over a dozen patterns, including a long sword, fireworks, shields, and the national flag.

Mr. Lu only needed to click on a pattern, and the drones in the air would automatically arrange themselves, flashing with different colored lights.

Wang Tao explained that it was mainly because Mr. Lu was not proficient with technology; if he were a professional operator, he could forgo the preset patterns on the computer and create his drawings on the spot.

In recent years, fireworks and light shows have been overdone by big cities, lacking in novelty; as a new technology city, Shenzhen plans to try something different.

The project was independently contracted by them, planning for 2000 drones to take to the skies simultaneously, using the night as a canvas and light as their brush, thousands of drones would form one splendid tapestry after another.

"Thinking about it is quite shocking," Lu Liang exclaimed sincerely.

As long as this project was successful, DJ would become a business card for Shenzhen, and even for the nation.

The nation wanted to develop, to let others know they had grown strong, and military, economic, cultural, and scientific developments were all indispensable.

This was not a project that was all show and no substance.

Because drones were synonymous with high technology, let alone thousands taking off at the same time to paint in the night sky, the difficulty and technology behind it were self-evident.

Subsequently, Wang Tao took Lu Liang to another testing ground where they were developing the Hercules model, which currently had a load capacity of only five kilograms.

They hoped that without affecting the flight, it could reach a standard of carrying more than ten kilograms, applicable for disaster areas with varying road conditions, to facilitate the transport of materials.

As for whether it would be used by terrorists for something, that was beyond their consideration.

After all, their original intention was to serve the people.

After touring for the better part of the day and having lunch in DJ’s cafeteria, it wasn’t until four in the afternoon that Lu Liang left the Skyworth Building and headed to Bao’an Airport by car.

On the way, Lu Liang called Hu Weiwei to inform her of the current situation and asked her to inquire whether Li Jiahui and Zheng Yaowen would be more inclined towards a particular type of cooperation.

"Boarding now, call me later."

In the evening, Lu Liang returned to Modu.

He waited in the lounge for a while until Xu Jiawei informed him that Fang Shiyu had driven the car from the parking lot to the gate.

Arriving at the airport entrance, just as the car came to a stop, the rear compartment of the Bentley suddenly opened. Little Wang squeezed out, bowing and scraping with a smile on his face, "Mr. Lu, please get in."

He was very professional, holding the door with one hand,

and blocking the edge of the door with the other to prevent hitting heads.

Lu Liang was taken aback, Fang Shiyu said in a muffled voice, "Mr. Lu, when we were in the parking lot, Mr. Wang suddenly popped up."

He refused to leave in front of the car, insisting on getting in. Having met Little Wang many times and knowing he was a friend of Lu Liang, he simply let him in.

"Drive, let’s go to the company first," Lu Liang glanced at Little Wang and said with a suppressed laugh, "You seem to have a lot of free time."

"Free time? You summoned me back, and then you weren’t there. I’ve been waiting and waiting," Little Wang retorted indignantly.

He had waited until his mouth was full of ulcers. Really not wanting to wait any longer, as soon as he heard that Lu Liang was boarding in Bao’an, he came straight to the airport to wait for him.

Luckily, he had to choose between Hongqiao Xinpu and another location, and he chose correctly.

Lu Liang laughed, "It’s no use finding me. What we should focus on is how to normalize live streaming e-commerce as regular corporate revenue."

"It’s useful," Little Wang said earnestly.

A few days ago, when he returned from New York, he had a long talk with Cruick, who hinted at him multiple times.

Pure capital markets always care about making money, how could they care about an industry with blurred definitions?

Furthermore, they had also thought it through; if Westerners don’t understand live streaming e-commerce, then they could classify it as advertising revenue.

Thinking back and forth, Little Wang severely suspected that the market makers from institutions like Cruick had been tampering with Panda’s listing review.

There was only one purpose, and that was to force Lu Liang to show up, to deeply bind Panda with him, thereby exploiting the international market for a large sum of money.

Lu Liang’s fame was frighteningly vast internationally; if he stepped in, Panda could definitely become the Nasdaq’s ’Demon King.’

By doing so, the institutions serving as market makers for Panda would undoubtedly earn a lot more money.

Lu Liang showed a thoughtful look and teased with a laugh, "Going out for a trip and coming back enlightened?"

Little Wang’s suspicions were not without reason.

Even if Panda listed, its market cap would not exceed 30 billion US dollars. And in order to list on the Nasdaq, they planned to give up 20% of the equity in the IPO.

A small trading volume, more circulating shares, were naturally suitable for speculation.

Now it was like Zhuge Liang waiting for the southeast wind, and Lu Liang was that wind that could make Panda the pig on the wind.

"All clear now, I’ve become enlightened," Little Wang affirmed with hopeful eyes, looking forward to Boss Lu’s response.

Lu Liang pondered, "Anyway, there’s still time. After I finish up my current tasks, I’ll accompany you on another trip."