Chapter 882: Chapter 856: He Is Now the First Rich!
“Isn’t this going too far?”
Wang Chuting felt uneasy and glanced at Lu Liang. Previously, during the editing, she didn’t think much of it.
After all, although she was from a poor, single-parent family, she had lived comfortably for many years and found it difficult to empathize with the lower class.
It wasn’t until the video was uploaded and the feedback came in that she realized the impact of this video surpassed anything before.
Within an hour of the video going live, it had 24.28 million views, 4.21 million shares, and 720,000 comments.
This data indicated that the various problems in the real estate market had become a cancer hindering social development. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⁂𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱
Now that Lu Liang was speaking up, those who had been silent no longer chose to remain quiet.
Undoubtedly, this outshone Old Xu, but it also put Lu Liang in the spotlight.
Currently, numerous real estate economists were criticizing Lu Liang’s statements online, calling his advice to insiders naïve.
Some even brought up Neon as an example, suggesting that Lu Liang’s remarks were aimed at criticizing the real estate economy to prepare for shorting East Country.
Granting Hengtai Group an interest-free five years seemed like saving a collapsing building, while it was actually a trap, a move to gain public favor and leverage it to overthrow the achievements of East Country’s forty years of reform.
These remarks were indeed scathing.
Wang Chuting was very worried that this might affect Lu Liang’s career: “Maybe we should take the video down?”
Lu Liang smiled and shook his head, patting Wang Chuting’s hand for assurance: “Elephant in the Room.”
Wang Chuting was taken aback and suddenly reached out her long arms to hug Lu Liang’s neck without saying a word.
In English, there’s a slang phrase ‘Elephant in the Room,’ meaning something obvious that’s ignored.
This also implied that Lu Liang, by deciding to get involved, was prepared to be the one to trumpet and awaken those pretending to sleep.
“I’ve almost settled everything at the company, and next week I’ll be heading to Xiangjiang with my mom and Junjun.”
Wang Chuting suddenly understood why Lu Liang wanted them to stay in Xiangjiang for a while because he was planning to do something earth-shattering.
If successful, his reputation might only improve slightly, but if he failed, all his businesses on the mainland might crumble.
That’s why Lu Liang wanted them in Xiangjiang; he was prepared to risk all his mainland businesses.
Though the effort might not proportionally match the reward,
after all, men have been that way since time immemorial.
She could understand and did not want to become his burden.
“The renovation there should be almost finished, and you can make any changes according to your preferences.”
Lu Liang was amused but didn’t explain much.
Wang Chuting was very smart, but smart people tend to overthink and complicate matters.
Even if he didn’t wake those pretending to sleep, they wouldn’t bury him; at most, he would pay a small price and act more discreetly in the future, with no real losses.
After all, if they forced him out, it would hurt friends and benefit foes, and those above him would surely prevent it.
The next morning, Lu Liang arrived at the New International Building.
Unexpectedly, it might be his last time holding a private equity settlement meeting here.
Starting today, Tianxing Private Equity would be swept into the dustbin of history, with Tianxing Finance having no core business on the mainland henceforth.
About ten staff members would remain, while the others joined the earlier group heading to Xiangjiang.
“Liangzi, you’re the man!”
Upon arriving at the company, he ran into Daqiangzi, who gave him a thumbs-up, full of admiration.
With Hengtai Group proactively exposing its problems, the real estate industry’s issues could no longer be ignored.
Everyone knew, but how many truly dared to stand up and act?
Old Ma barely counted as half, but now he was still in the mountains preparing for a comeback.
For Lu Liang to speak up in his first year as the First Rich was truly remarkable.
“Dong, with all the praise, I might get carried away,” Lu Liang laughed, inviting Daqiangzi to the meeting room.
“Didn’t you say it’s okay to get a little carried away?”
Daqiangzi smiled, borrowing something Lu Liang had said to him recently.
With 200,000 official employees, JD combined Tencent and Baidu, and it should enjoy more social resources while bearing its responsibility. Lu Liang dared to speak up for the same reason.
Lu Liang smiled silently,
joining Daqiangzi as they entered the meeting room.
Seeing nearly all twenty-plus seats filled, including Redwood Shen Peng, Golden Sand River Zhu Hu, and the three Xiangjiang families, Macau’s He Sijie, among others.
He glanced at the time and laughed: “It’s a ten o’clock meeting, and by nine-thirty, everyone is already here? Feels like I’m late.”
“We all arrived in Modu last night, so we came early to chat a bit more with Mr. Lu,” He Sijie said with a smile.
Zhu Hu chuckled and interjected: “If even splitting money isn’t enthusiastic, then when should one be?”
“I thought something had happened,” Lu Liang joked, taking the head seat.
Then, he looked at Liu Conglong from Greenland Group, who had a sour look on his face.
“Mr. Lu, if everyone’s here, we can start the meeting early,” Liu Conglong said coldly.
Lu Liang’s smile didn’t fade: “No rush; a few friends aren’t here yet.”
“If Chairman Liu is in a hurry, we can prioritize your settlement.” He called over Sun Zheyuan, drawing out the Greenland Group contract.