At night, Lu Liang returned to the Roppongi apartnt.
The lights inside were bright, and the voice of Sakurada Miyuki ca from the kitchen, speaking in incomprehensible Japanese.
Lu Liang followed the sound to the kitchen, saw the situation inside, and a smile appeared on his lips.
At this mont, Miyuki resembled a gourt blogger, with a phone set up beside her, video chatting with her mother.
"?" She was engrossed in cooking, completely unaware that Erii in front of the cara had already seen Lu Liang standing behind her.
"Madam, are you getting used to living back ho?" Lu Liang smiled and waved at the cara.
Erii gave a gentle smile, barely having ti to reply when Miyuki was startled by the sudden voice and cried out in pain.
She instinctively sucked on her bleeding forefinger, blankly staring at Lu Liang: "Sir, why are you back?"
"The conversation wasn’t going well, so I ca back early."
Lu Liang quickly stepped forward to examine the wound on her hand. Although it was only half a nail’s length, the cut was deep.
Erii, though not present and unable to see this scene due to the cara angle, also guessed what had happened upon hearing her daughter’s cry and Lu Liang’s sudden approach.
She hurriedly said: "Sir, is she okay? The first aid kit is in the second drawer to the left under the LCD screen."
Upon hearing this, Lu Liang swiftly went to the living room, found the first aid kit, disinfected the finger, and applied a band-aid.
He looked displeased and flicked Miyuki’s forehead: "You should be more careful."
"You walk without making a sound." Sakurada Miyuki pouted, looking aggrieved, but suddenly started giggling.
"How can you still laugh at this?" Lu Liang said with a straight face.
Sakurada Miyuki held onto Lu Liang’s arm and looked at the screen at her mother, grinning: "Sir, don’t you think this mont feels like our family is together again?"
If she could turn back ti, she wished to return to six months ago.
Back then, her mother was still in Tokyo, Lu Liang would visit every other day, and she was still in school, attending classes without worries.
That period was probably the happiest ti after her father’s passing.
Lu Liang remained silent, and Erii, with her chin slightly raised, forced a smile: "ixue, sir is also back. Mom needs to rest early; tomorrow I have to go to the field with your grandmother to collect honey, I’ll send so to you then."
With that, she hurriedly ended the call.
She was afraid that if the conversation continued, tears would fall uncontrollably.
After all, in the past twenty years, the longest separation between the mother and daughter hadn’t exceeded 24 hours, but for her daughter’s future, she could only bear the pain of leaving.
Staring at the darkened screen, the light in Sakurada Miyuki’s eyes also dimd.
"What should we make for late-night snacks tonight?"
Lu Liang smiled, deliberately changing the topic. .
"Seafood clay pot porridge, I was just preparing the side dishes."
Sakurada Miyuki put away her disappointnt and enthusiastically introduced the night’s dishes.
For this, she had specifically gone to Chinatown to buy a clay pot ant for cooking porridge.
"It’s not too difficult, I can make it. You should go take a shower first, be careful not to soak your finger."
Lu Liang put on an apron, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to finish the late-night snack.
Sakurada Miyuki blinked, dazed for a mont, believing she misheard and quickly stopped him: "Sir, no need, I can just wear a glove."
In Neon, male dominance is extrely prevalent, and truly capable n never enter the kitchen.
Not only do n think this way, but won also view it as a denial if the head of the household cooks, seeing it as a disgrace.
"Where do all these rules co from?"
Lu Liang glared, saying annoyedly: "Now leave the kitchen, go shower, and wait to eat the late-night snack."
Sakurada Miyuki remained still, and Lu Liang with a stern face coldly scolded: "Can’t you be obedient?"
"I can~" Sakurada Miyuki pouted, feeling aggrieved, headed to the bathroom step by step, looking back reluctantly.
As the night deepened, after finishing their late-night snack, the two lay cuddled in the semi-circular hammock on the balcony, feeling the touch of the night breeze.
Sakurada Miyuki leaned in Lu Liang’s arms, squinting with a face full of enjoynt: "Sir, you ntioned the conversation wasn’t going well earlier? Was it with Mr. Ota?"
Lu Liang thought for a mont, and replied: "It was not smooth."
He didn’t hide anything, starting from the agreent with Old Ma half a year ago, to the shattered dream of Ant Group’s IPO, then to Tianxing Finance planning to accept Alipay’s overseas business.
Miyuki would soon be promoted from basic to middle managent, and then into higher ranks, eventually leading the company; she was now eligible to be exposed to so matters.
Sakurada Miyuki showed a thoughtful expression: "Who controls PayPal, can control Alipay’s business in East Asia?"
"PayPal’s influence isn’t limited to Tokyo; it can play a crucial role in exploring Europe and Arica’s market in the future."
PayPal, also known as PayPal, was established in 1998, headquartered in San Jose, California, United States.
The founder, also Lu Liang’s old friend, concurrently serves as Tesla’s chairman, Elon Musk.
It’s a global technology and digital mobile paynt company, providing services in 200 countries and regions, supporting over 100 currencies. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novelfire(.)net
In 2015, it reached a global purchasing cooperation with Ali, and in the sa year collaborated with Ant, both parties planning to attack the global paynt market hand in hand.
However, Ant Group’s ability to develop its paynt business dostically mainly stemd from an absolutely authoritative Central Bank above suppressing everything.
No matter how rapidly companies grew, the "Central Mom" could rectify things at critical tis, just like the recent halt to Ant’s IPO.
Corresponding to what Lu Liang often said, the dostic business environnt is actually far more free than abroad.
In a country with a highly centralized regi, regulation always holds the idea that all the at stays in the pot, allowing the private sector to develop freely, since they guard the final barrier.
Unlike Europe and Arica, where nurous parties and factions exist.
Even among various institutions on Wall Street or the major financial groups of the Squid Clan, they aren’t monolithic.
Hence, when facing new things and industries, each has a thought: if I can’t have it, what if soone else does?
The cooperation between Ant Group and PayPal Group, aid at capturing the paynt markets in various countries worldwide, erged from this context.
At that ti, the dostic paynt market’s growth was accelerating, but abroad it was a formidable task.
After all, the credit card business dates back to the late 19th century, and after over a hundred years, it’s beco a vast, intertwined interest structure that is hard to shake.
Online paynt services may make people’s lives more convenient, eliminate counterfeit currency circulation, and provide easier fund source tracing.
But the European and Arican conglorates’ ntality was akin to the nobility of the late Qing Dynasty; even though they knew the benefits of industrial developnt, they refused to overhaul their own system.
Because none of them could guarantee that after overturning an old industry, they would maintain their superior position in the new one.
If they don’t do it, they won’t make mistakes.
Not only do they refrain from doing it, but they also prevent others from doing it.
There’s a rumor that when faced with overbearing European and Arican corporations, Musk demonstrated a ’lightspeed knee-slide.’
Although the ssage wasn’t confird, after that, PayPal Group got fragnted.
The shares of European and Arican markets were cross-held by over a dozen institutions, big and small, including BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street Fund, and Blackstone Group.
Ota Ling seized the mont and, representing Mitsui Sumitomo, decisively acquired all PayPal Group’s shares in Neon and chose to continue cooperation with Ant Group.
To this day, PayPal is like the ancient Western Zhou; although the lords carry the Zhou Dynasty’s na, they heed the orders but not the implentations.
"The grand forces of the world, unite after long division; divide after long union."
Lu Liang squinted his eyes, his tone gentle but with a determined montum: "This online paynt market may yet achieve unification."
The developnt of the dostic financial industry is slow; even fewer institutions venture abroad, so Tianxing Finance can only rely on itself.
To compete with those long-established powers in Europe and Arica, it must emulate the dostic developnt of new energy industries, taking another path for industry upgrade.
The path of online paynt may be difficult, but it’s currently the only sowhat viable route.
"Mua~"
As Lu Liang was speaking, Miyuki suddenly cupped his cheeks and kissed him hard.
"What are you doing?" Lu Liang asked in confusion.
"Sir, you’re so domineering, I like it," Sakurada Miyuki laughed, her eyes full of admiration.
At this mont, the Light Giant from her childhood seed to appear in reality, Lu Liang was her Ultraman Tiga, radiating dazzling light.
Such an excellent person, even cooking for her, just the thought almost made her faint from happiness.
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