After Divorce, I Can Hear the Future

Chapter 325: Xuanwu Plan

"There’s still 72% left."

DiDi joined under the guise of financing, and Lu Liang’s share in Tianxing, along with Golden Sand River’s, also underwent a 20% proportional dilution.

Currently in Tianxing Technology, Lu Liang’s Tianxing Investment holds a 72% stake, followed by DiDi at 20%, and Golden Sand River at 8%.

Shen Peng from Redwood, Zhang Lei from Gaoling, and Lei Jun from Daqiangzi all called one after another to congratulate Tianxing on setting sail, and to ask if more funds were needed? Did they need financing?

In Su City’s Lou Shui New Energy Industrial Park, a whopping investment of 130 billion was made to build it. Although there is no direct financial interaction with Tianxing Technology and Lu Liang repeatedly stated that it was only for the purpose of connecting the new energy industries of the Yangtze River Delta and becoming the logistic base for new energy manufacturers nationwide.

Selfless and generous, it sounds better than singing, as if their heart has no self, and as if they are all about the entire industry—their current actions are all for the future of the industry.

But such talk, just take it with a grain of salt,

Anyone who takes it seriously is a fool.

If in the future, Tianxing, Tesla, NIO, and even Li Xiang were to compete on the same stage.

Which of the 17 enterprises in the Lou Shui New Energy Industry Zone

Would support whom?

The result is obvious.

Saying Tianxing Technology was born with a golden key does not suffice—it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say they were born on a mountain of gold.

DiDi invested just 110 million US dollars for a 20% stake in Tianxing Technology, which left everyone else green with envy.

"Thank you for your high regard, perhaps next time. Our cash reserves are quite sufficient at the moment, so we don’t have any plans for fundraising."

Lu Liang replied with a smile on his face, assuring them that he would definitely contact them first if there were plans for financing in the future.

It seems as if DiDi got a huge bargain, but actually, that’s not the case.

3.85 million ride-hailing drivers, with a daily average of over 80 million trips, producing data that cannot be measured in value.

Unlike high-precision maps, this is a unique national driving database, provided solely by DiDi.

Their cooperation is not about taking advantage of each other.

Just a few days after the cooperation was confirmed, Hu Weiwei called to inform that someone wanted to meet and chat with Lu Liang.

"Who?"

"National Security."

Hu Weiwei said with a wry smile, they were just about to access DiDi’s database and hadn’t had the chance to implement it.

National Security directly approached them, hoping that Lu Liang, as the person in charge, would take the time to come to Beijing.

"Okay, I’ll go in the afternoon," Lu Liang pondered, thinking of the investigation into DiDi.

National land security is of utmost importance; they were looking to access DiDi’s database, so being interviewed and investigated was inevitable.

At three-thirty in the afternoon, Lu Liang arrived by plane in Beijing and went to the SOHO building in Zhongguang Village.

Hu Weiwei had been waiting at the door early and informed him that the National Security colleagues had already arrived, led by a person named Li Junyi.

Lu Liang followed Hu Weiwei to the reception room and met them. There were six people in total, four men and two women, all well-dressed in suits and tidy, each wearing the national emblem on their chest.

The leader, a man in his forties, Li Junyi, greeted him with a smile and a warm handshake, "Mr. Lu, hello."

"Director Li, hello."

During the conversation, Lu Liang learned the purpose of their visit was to avoid leaking information, and they hoped Tianxing could join the Xuanwu Plan.

Xuanwu, one of the four divine creatures from mythology, also known as Tortoise Snake, is known in various games as a symbol for high defense.

The Xuanwu Plan shares a similar principle, aiming to protect national and citizens’ information security and prevent it from being controlled by those with ulterior motives.

Joining the plan wasn’t just about responsibilities, but also benefits. If Tianxing Technology needed support, they could provide technological assistance.

Including but not limited to, giving them a firewall system to prevent their automotive data from being tampered with, which could lead to unwarranted accidents.

Moreover, they would keep Tianxing Technology’s data strictly confidential, serving only to supervise without proactive interference or disclosure.

"That couldn’t be better," Lu Liang expressed with a smile, having no reason to refuse.

Unlike the Liu family, who had close ties with the West, joining the plan would only benefit the company without any harm.

Afterward, Lu Liang stayed in Beijing for another two days.

Mainly because Qin Siyuan was coming over, so he decided to stay a few more days to wait for the latter to report in.

On this day, Lu Liang held a meeting. Aside from Wang Xiaofeng, who was far away in Modu, the entire management and core technical team participated.

Li Jiahui, Zheng Yaowen, Hu Weiwei, Liu Pei, as well as the newly joined Qin Siyuan, were introduced by Lu Liang with a smile, "This is Qin Siyuan, Director Qin."

As the technical director, he formed a separate project team responsible for DiDi’s database with an annual salary of 2.4 million yuan, slightly more than the financial director Liu Pei.

"Let’s all give a warm welcome," Hu Weiwei said with a smile, leading the applause. She was well aware of her place within the company.

Lu Liang was domineering in his actions and blunt in his speech, presumably a trait developed from his time in the fund company, where his word was law.

However, a corporation is not like a fund. Right is not the only criterion for being reasonable; sometimes it’s necessary to consider the emotions of management.

The company needed members to create a spirited atmosphere and act as lubricants for the team, and she had assumed this role.

Lu Liang sat in the main seat, watching everyone shake hands and get acquainted, and after a while, he asked, "Five months, can we develop our own L2-level driving assistance system?"

He had promised DiDi a year, but in reality, less time was needed, at best three months and at worst not more than half a year.

Lu Liang had already planned out next year’s schedule and did not want the vehicle-machine development team to hold them back.

Li Jiahui subconsciously looked at Zheng Yaowen; from his actions, it was clear that he had taken to heart the advice Lu Liang had initially given.

As Lu Liang’s direct subordinate and a favored talent personally recruited from Huaqing University, Li Jiahui should not see the outsider Zheng Yaowen as an adversary; instead, he should actively learn from him and absorb much-needed experience.

The future belonged to him, not to Zheng Yaowen.

Zheng Yaowen pondered for a long time, "Mr. Lu, we’ve just started collaborating with DiDi, and it’s not yet clear how much this partnership will boost our intelligent-driving re