Captulo 870: Chapter 846: They Can’t Control
"Dong, you are just too timid; you need to show the vigor you had in the early years battling with Wang Wei.”
JD’s annual sales have steadily surpassed one trillion yuan, yet the annual net profit is less than 60 billion yuan.
With only six percent net profit, it’s comparable to manufacturing enterprises, mainly due to the different labor costs. JD spent at least several hundred billion more on human resources annually, which has led to a sharp decline in net profit.
This is the responsibility a true entrepreneur should bear, which is correct, but while bearing social responsibilities, they should also enjoy certain privileges.
The more social responsibility a company assus, the more privileges it should enjoy.
For instance, now that Old Ma is gone, Ali Group’s people, affairs, and finances are in turmoil, which is precisely JD’s opportunity to take over.
Lu Liang said, “Don’t you have launched JD Joy as a rival to Pinduoduo? At this ti, you should quickly expand the market scale, seize the custors lost by Taobao. If funds are insufficient, just say so. Tianxing Finance may not have much, but there’s still so money.”
Daqiangzi paused, falling into contemplation.
JD’s official employees have long surpassed the 200,000 mark, far ahead of all internet companies in the nation.
Even when Old Ma was in position, the much larger Ali Group had just a bit over 100,000 official employees, and Penguin Group had even fewer, only over 50,000.
Lu Liang’s words were rough but made sense. With 200,000 employees, JD, which provides livelihood for 200,000 families nationwide, perhaps could move more aggressively.
"I will consider it carefully.”
Daqiangzi nodded, already having made up his mind, suddenly glancing sharply, squinting at Lu Liang: “We were talking about you, how did it shift to ?”
He looked towards Zhang Aijun, who was being surrounded by inquiries, and whispered, “See, Zhang probably is plotting sothing about you behind the scenes.”
Unlike him and Lu Liang, the leaders of these state-owned enterprises, besides being chairn, most of them also serve as the party secretary of the group.
In other words,
They are not only businesspeople but also officials.
"They can’t do anything to , maybe just whisper a few words behind my back.” Lu Liang smiled indifferently.
"You…” Daqiangzi suddenly choked, thinking carefully, it seed indeed like this.
If Lu Liang focuses on the financial industry, with the na of financial warhead, he should be able to go further and higher, but suddenly intervened in new energy.
Compared to the current scale of Tianxing Finance, the value of Tianxing Automobile is actually insignificant, rather sowhat binding Lu Liang’s hands and feet.
However, this is a good thing for the country, having a concern, a responsibility.
If those old guys dare to touch Tianxing Automobile, Lu Liang won’t even need to strike, the iron fist of justice will fall from the sky.
Because after more than a year’s adjustnt, Lu Liang in the mainland market, only has Tianxing Automobile as the remaining industry.
If the only industry is gone, it will be unrestricted freedom.
"You’re still carefree.” Daqiangzi sighed.
"It’s okay.” Lu Liang smiled.
Although it’s said to be a restraint, he doesn’t think so, because without this restraint, Tianxing Finance might not have developed so smoothly.
Overall, there are advantages and disadvantages, but the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages, which culminated to his current extraordinary status.
Just as the two were talking, Lei Jun, dressed in a blue suit, walked to the stage from the side.
He bowed deeply, thanking the attendees: “Thank you for your support, friends.”
When Lei Jun explained the founding intention of Xiaomi Car, the new energy peers received a sudden news.
Hengtai Group’s Hengchi Automobile transferred 51% of its equity to Geely Group for 18.8 billion yuan.
"What’s going on? Aren’t all seven new models of Hengchi near launch? Why suddenly give it up?”
"Have they received so news? Hengchi has been promoted for two years, just a step away from launching, suddenly abandoning?”
Once the news was released, the previously quiet venue suddenly beca noisy, with no one paying attention to Lei Jun’s speech anymore.
Those who received Lei Jun’s invitations are either industry peers or investors in the new energy sector.
There had been rumors that the brand elimination competition in the new energy industry should start this year.
But no one expected,
The first to exit would be Hengtai Group.
Although it’s just a transfer of 51% equity, a direct transfer of 51% equity is clearly indicating an unwillingness to continue.
Even amid public opinion storms of owing suppliers, Weima is still persistently seeking financing, trying to overco the difficulties.
Even Old Jia, who fled to the United States, is still promoting Faraday on Weibo, stating he will persist, providing an explanation to tens of thousands of investors.
Comparing Weima and LeEco, looking at Hengtai Group, since the acquisition of New World Developnt, its stock price has repeatedly reached new highs, with over 200 billion cash flow on hand, why suddenly abandon the new energy project?
Especially at this mont.
Transferring 51% of Hengchi Automobile’s equity for 18.8 billion yuan may not result in a loss for Hengtai, as they invested around 20 billion yuan altogether.
But it’s like a high school student who studied diligently for three years, now nearing the college entrance exam, confident in entering a top university, suddenly choosing to give up the exam for tens of thousands of yuan.
This is quite incomprehensible.
The audience couldn’t help but focus their gaze on Lu Liang, seated slightly left of center in the front row, instinctively feeling that he should know sothing.
Sitting next to him, Daqiangzi glanced sideways and suddenly asked in a low voice, “Did Hengtai’s abandonnt of Hengchi have sothing to do with you?”
"Can you not bla everything on ?”
Lu Liang rolled his eyes, the corners of his mouth lifting in a faint, elusive smile.
Old Xu is still quite reasonable, knowing to cut down on so less important sidelines first, which would have a smaller impact, it seems he might have a decent ending in the future.
Lu Liang’s painstaking efforts weren’t in vain.
Daqiangzi stared into Lu Liang’s eyes, thinking, and confidently said, “It truly seems it’s related to you.”
Lu Liang smiled without speaking,
Just glancing at Lei Jun on stage.
A trace of resentnt flickered in Lei Jun’s eyes, probably hearing of Hengtai’s sale of Hengchi Automobile through his earpiece.
The emotions he had been brewing for a long ti were interrupted by this sudden news, leaving him uninterested in being pretentious any longer.
He decisively pushed the eting forward, trying to finish early, and just then he clapped his hands, and a brand-new blue coupe slowly appeared on stage.
If Tianshu is modeled after Lamborghini’s front, Panara’s body, plus a touch of their own creativity,
Then this new car from Xiaomi is essentially a carbon copy of the Porsche Taycan.
At first glance, it’s just like a Porsche Taycan.
Just with so subtle differences in details, like the front, body lines, and rear.
If the Porsche Taycan and the Xiaomi car were a thesis, then the plagiarism rate would probably be over 75%.
Moreover, the new Xiaomi car also imitates Tianshu, similarly using electronic door handles but pretending to be chanical ones, giving a chanized sense of security.
As the design and various paraters of the new Xiaomi car were announced, Lu Liang once again beca the focus of the entire venue.
Dual motors, high torque, Ningde batteries…
They even shouted a slogan, ‘Speed is a kind of faith.’
Liangzi seed to be crossing the river by feeling the stones with Lei, and even surpassing Lei in so aspects.
Unfortunately, Lei didn’t announce the price.
If the final price is around three hundred thousand or even cheaper, then there will be a good show to watch.
"You’ve been honored.”
Daqiangzi squinted his eyes with a smile, reminding him, lest Lu Liang wasn’t aware.
"Dong, you’re quite talkative today.”
Lu Liang couldn’t help but laugh, glanced at the ti, and the corners of his mouth lifted in a faint smile.
The internal eting of the new Xiaomi car was almost over, and it was nearly lunchti, and without any surprises, the new edition of Forbes should also be updated by now.
"Mr. Lu, I heard you had so unpleasantness with Mr. Zhang.”
After the eting, Lei Jun approached Lu Liang, using a minor friction between Lu Liang and Beiqi’s boss as a pretext to inquire about Lu Liang’s opinion on the new Xiaomi car.
"Quite good, great ideas always seem to resonate.”
Lu Liang replied with a smile, borrowing the words of the Panara designer on social dia during the Tianshu launch.
After a century of developnt, the automotive industry has reached a point where there’s little room for drastic changes in design and interiors.
Unless, of course, one attempts forcefully to innovate, such as turning a suitable round steering wheel into a semi-circle or jet fighter-style square, along with those counter-intuitive changes to indicator lights and gear shifting.
In Lu Liang’s view, those changes are just unnecessary fuss.
In the future market, competition among new energy vehicles will not hinge on similar designs, but on core technologies.
Though the new Xiaomi car seems to be making a bold statent, directly targeting Tianxing Tian Shu, with its sights set on Tesla’s Mao Dou 3,
Lu Liang was not particularly concerned.
Because back when he was preparing for Tianxing Automobile, he poached Hyundai’s tech team for hardware, General Motors’ chassis team, and in terms of software, acquired Hamr, drove away Liu Qing, and integrated DiDi.
So, he is confident that the launch of the new Xiaomi car will,
rely provide consurs with more options, without threatening Tianshu’s sales.
Even if it truly threatens Tianshu’s sales, that’s a good thing, indicating that the industry is progressing.
"I am impressed.” Lei Jun clasped his hands, showing admiration, his own deanor seeming sowhat petty in comparison to Lu Liang’s broad-mindedness.
"Mr. Lei, you overestimate.”
Lu Liang smiled and said, “The industry getting better is always a good thing for us practitioners, isn’t it?”
Just at this mont, another commotion erged from the crowd, and Lu Liang beca the focus of the entire venue for the third ti.
Forbes’ magazine has been updated, along with an interview video about Lu Liang uploaded online.
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