After Divorce, I Can Hear the Future

Chapter 117: Movie Premiere

After the two paid their deposit, they learned it would take at least 16 weeks for delivery, which meant four months later.

Lu Liang felt it was a bit of a long wait but didn't really mind. He turned to Li Bing, "Mr. Li, how many cars do you think can be sold today?"

"At least five thousand," Li Bing replied without hesitation.

"That optimistic?" Lu Liang was surprised.

These were luxury cars with a price tag of a million each, five thousand would amount to fifty billion in sales.

Li Bing gave a bitter smile, feeling powerless in the face of such a behemoth, "Because it's called Tesla, and also because next year the country is planning to pilot the first batch of new energy vehicle license plates. The blue-plated electric vehicles could become a collector's edition in the future."

Foreign monks always seem to chant better, let alone a foreign abbot, Apple was like this, and so was Tesla.

But unlike Apple, Tesla was a monster created by the state itself, with foreigners occupying the home turf advantage.

Musk was also a flamboyant figure, gradually taking over the trend of replacing Jobs as the new high priest of the tech cult.

The speaker was unaware, but the listener had intent; Lu Liang suddenly remembered that Tesla was a company listed on NASDAQ.

Perhaps there was a profit to be made.

The new car presale launch event was very brief, not even exceeding 30 minutes, but it elicited cheers more than once throughout the venue.

Cheers erupted as soon as the car appeared. When the falcon doors opened, another cheer went up, and more cheers followed the promotional video.

Lu Liang finally understood where that sense of powerlessness on Li Bing's face came from.

If the cheering crowd at the scene was not staged, then surpassing five thousand pre-orders on the first day should not be a problem.

The combination of technology and belief is terrifying, reminiscent of the teenager who sold his kidney a few years ago just to buy an Apple phone.

Fortunately, the Mao Dou X was so expensive that even selling oneself wouldn't cover the cost, but China was not short of wealthy families' scions.

Once the launch event ended, Mao Dou X dominated the hot

Amidst the laughter, after they finished dinner and strolled around the mall, Lu Liang was quite distressed. Su Wanyu only browsed and didn't buy anything, which made his legs ache.

Fortunately, over an hour passed by idly.

At nine forty, the two entered the cinema.

The film lasted 104 minutes. The storyline wasn't very interesting—it was just another tale about dreaming of being reborn.

But surprisingly, it turned out to be very amusing, delivering small gags every three minutes and a big one every ten.

With a loud "No!" the song "A Cut of Plum Blossoms" began, further heightening the atmosphere of the theater.

Su Wanyu was laughing so hard she could barely catch her breath, clutching Lu Liang's palm tightly and shaking it continuously.

Over a hundred people spent those 104 minutes amidst laughter and cheerful voices until the film ended.

"Xia Luo played his part so well, and Yuan Hua was hilarious too."

Su Wanyu's smile was radiant, as she kept pressing her index finger against her apple cheek, her face almost cramped from laughing too long.

Lu Liang draped his arm over her shoulder, asking, "Tired or not? If you're not, come with me to the company."

His earlier mention of sleep was all about serious slumber, because tonight was likely to be busy.

On the one hand, he was waiting for the chime at midnight, and on the other hand, the first day's box office tally would be released. Zhang Chen would probably call with good news, then they would decide on the subsequent publicity funding. Also, Tesla's first-day preorder volume was expected to cause some waves.

Su Wanyu shook her head, serious, "As long as you don't mind, I want to stay by your side."

Lu Liang smiled, patted her little head, and the two arrived at the entrance of the theater just as the old pal drove the car over.

On the way, as Su Wanyu looked at the unfamiliar scenery by the roadside, she suddenly asked, "Aren't we going to Yongfeng?"

"We moved at the end of last month. The old place was too small, so we switched to a bigger one," Lu Liang also remembered that Su Wanyu had not visited the company's new address yet.

Su Wanyu realized in a moment but had yet to grasp how much bigger Lu Liang meant.

They took the elevator from the underground parking garage, transferred at the fourth floor, and then went straight to the thirty-second floor.

Although it was late at night and no one was on duty, the reception desk of the company still had lights on. Tianxing Capital and Tianxing Assets, two strings of gilded letters, twinkled brightly.

Lu Liang entered his fingerprint and password to open the door. The nighttime code was different from the daytime.

Currently, only he knew it and only he had the permission to open the company doors at night.

"Shiyu, turn all the lights on, it's too dark. It's uncomfortable to look at."

As the lights came on, Su Wanyu's eyes widened.

She now understood just how much bigger Lu Liang's place was—you'd probably get an echo if you shouted.

Lu Liang left the old pal at the entrance and took Su Wanyu into the office, pointing to the rest area behind the desk, "There's another room inside. If you're sleepy, go in and take a nap."

"Do your work, pretend I'm not here," Su Wanyu stood by the window, quietly enjoying the city's nightscape.

Lu Liang smiled and didn't say more. As the midnight chime sounded, he picked up a pen and paper and began to jot down key information.

"October 21, Tesla, $96 per share."

"What the heck?"

Lu Liang's eyes widened in surprise, speechless as he quickly opened the US stocks app and rubbed his eyes. He saw Tesla's market value of $17 billion and the stock price at $182.

He was sure,

He hadn't seen wrong,

And he was sure he hadn't heard wrong.

In the coming half of the month, not only had Tesla's stock price not risen, but it had actually been cut in half.

"How could this be? Is it ex-dividend, or stock split? It shouldn't be, where would Tesla get the money to pay dividends?"

Lu Liang was utterly baffled, searching through documents and news trying to find the reason for the stock's plunge.

It shouldn't have happened. China supported the development of the new energy industry so much. To let the catfish Tesla in, Modu had even allocated 200,000 square meters of land for Tesla to build a factory.

Online, flaunting Tesla's Mao Dou X preorders had become a trend, and even Little Wang seemed to have joined in the fun.

With so many bullish news stacked up, not only did the stock price not soar, but it also suffered a dramatic cut.

What on earth had happened to provoke such fury and disdain?