Capítulo 840: Chapter 819: Lu Liang’s Plan “16,000 points are about to break.” “Is there really no one to save us?” Although the Nikkei Index didn’t drop as much as yesterday, the market was in a state of distress, even more brutal than the day before. Sometimes, the difference between desperation and deeper desperation is just 1%. At this moment, as the Nikkei Index was about to break below 16,000 points, Tianxing Finance took action. The official website of the group disclosed thirteen important announcements in succession, marking stakes in thirteen Neon enterprises led by Mitsui Sumitomo and PayPal Group, involving funds exceeding 650 billion US dollars. If the stakes in the thirteen enterprises were considered a single project, then the amount of funding involved in this project would create a new history. The previous record holder was Microsoft, which once spent 625 billion US dollars intending to acquire Blizzard. Now, this record has been broken. Thunder strikes spontaneously, When acted upon, the earth-shattering, astounding the world. It also represents Lu Liang’s oath to the world, He has come to conquer this market. “Wow, wow. I said it, it was just the right moment.” “Is there anyone knowledgeable who can help analyze this? I understand Tianxing Finance marking stakes in Mitsui Sumitomo and PayPal, but what are the small enterprises like Hokkaido Electric Power, Tokyo Telecommunications, and Yokohama Water Conservancy?” “Though I don’t understand Liangzi’s thinking either, let me correct you, these are not small enterprises. Tokyo Electric Power Company has a market value of 285 billion US dollars, and that’s after a round of plummeting. Can you call that small?” “Hokkaido Electric Power also has 80 billion US dollars, and Yokohama Water Conservancy has 65 billion US dollars, no matter what they can’t be called small enterprises.” Upon the announcement, it quickly aroused heated discussions among the melon-eating nations, after all, 650 billion US dollars, converted to Renminbi exceeded 4.4 trillion yuan. To know, Lu Liang founded Tianxing Automobile; when he believed so much in the development of the Eastern Continent New Energy industry and personally stepped in. Back then, marking stakes in eighteen new energy-related enterprises only cost around 1.3 trillion yuan, with the current exchange rate, it’s less than 200 billion US dollars. Although Lu Liang’s available funds then and now are not in the same league, the gap of three times the amount is still too much. Meanwhile, in the mountain village of Jia Li Primary School in Guizhou. This primary school has recently become quite famous, even the city and province leaders have been paying attention to the developments here. Because the founder of Ali Group and former chairman, once known as Ma Ba Ba, now renamed as ‘Village Teacher’ on Weibo, Ma Yun, has come to teach as an English teacher at this primary school. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✦𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✦𝓷𝓮𝓽 When he learned that Tianxing Finance marked stakes in thirteen Neon enterprises, aside from Mitsui Sumitomo and PayPal Group, the rest were water, electricity, and communications type livelihood enterprises, Old Ma was speechless for a while, sighing: “He ultimately took this step.” “What is Mr. Lu’s purpose in doing this?” Guo Changguang asked with a frown. Being both a mentor and friend and a benefactor, he also came with Ma Yun to the village primary school representing the kind-hearted public who contribute a bit of love. Ma Yun did not respond immediately, instead asked: “Mr. Guo, do you know when Ali started to receive focused attention from regulatory authorities?” “I don’t know.” Guo Changguang shook his head. Ma Yun sighed, with a bitter smile: “If my judgment is correct, it should have started in 2016.” During these retirement days, he has been pondering. Although knowing he had violated a taboo, there still has to be a cause, process, and result, right? Thinking over and over, Ma Yun recalled the summer of 2016. That year, 4G signals began nationwide, mobile payments started booming, and the market grew rapidly. In order to enhance user experience, Alipay began integrating every fund project it could. Intending to make Alipay such that as long as you hold Alipay, you can travel the world fearlessly, it becomes an indispensable application tied closely to the people. That year, in a public speech, he boldly proclaimed: ‘Alipay wants to become the people’s water, electricity, and coal!’ This is how Ma Yun expressed it, and Alipay executed it accordingly. Thus began extensive contact with livelihood projects, such as buses, subways, water bills, electricity bills, and gas bills. The funds paid by the public do not directly connect with the water and electricity companies but paused for a period in Alipay. According to Ma Yun’s plan, these funds would be frozen for half a month to a month, just like Taobao’s e-commerce funds. During this period, if user complaints or unfavorable feedback occur and the company does not handle them in time, money will be deducted without mercy. Guo Changguang widened his eyes, twitching at the corner, swallowed and said, “Mr. Ma, are you serious?” Ma Yun nodded, calmly saying, “From the public’s perspective, isn’t it a good thing? In East Asian society, the leader often holds absolute power without anyone to regulate, from local village officials down…” “Watch your words,” Guo Changguang promptly interrupted. Ma Yun laughed, saying: “Only many plans hadn’t been implemented when I became a village teacher.” “Does Mr. Lu’s thinking align with yours at the time?” Guo Changguang smiled bitterly, not knowing what to say, only to sip tea, easing the slightly awkward atmosphere. Good thing Old Ma retired early. If he waited for those plans to start, whether he could retire smoothly would be another story. To know, the Eastern Continent is particularly tolerant to businessmen, provided they don’t touch the red line; even if they do, repentance usually doesn’t lead to accountability. But Old Ma’s thinking, it’s no longer stepping on the red line but wanting to turn the red line into his own red line. It sounds nice to subject power to regulation, but who can assure he wouldn’t become the new power in the future? Ma Yun smiled, making no comment; although his intention was good, he couldn’t guarantee it wouldn’t change over time. With a sigh, he continued discussing Lu Liang: “Mr. Lu’s approach is wiser than mine; Tianxing also holds an advantage over Ant.” Looking back now, at least two steps of Ant Group were wrong, first, not to choose the Eastern Continent as the test field, second, not ABS financing, at least some asset collateral should be considered. Lu Liang learned from him to cross the river, grasped the essential marvel of Ant Group cleanly, and left no dregs. Due to some historical reasons, even if Xiangjiang turns into Lu Family Port, the top would have no objections, and would rather see a stable and prosperous coastal pearl. Neon and Korea don’t even have to be mentioned; if Lu Liang can achieve fame in East Asia, the top leaders would thumb up for him, and proudly safeguard him. “Mr. Lu doing this, isn’t his courage too big, isn’t he afraid of provoking international disputes?” Guo Changguang gasped, Old Ma’s idea is a youthful version, Lu Liang’s plan is a plus version. Tianxing accepted all of Ant’s overseas businesses, meaning he got a market-tested overseas version of Alipay, himself holding a large amount of cash, not needing to, like Ant, use small funds to leverage large ones, falling into criticism. Now also marked stakes in so many water and electricity communication enterprises. If any of them don’t comply, he absolutely can pour money, pouring until they comply. As it stands, Lu Liang’s plan has an extremely high chance of success. It’s so large that the rules can’t restrict his pace anymore, if halted must resort to means beyond the rules. Ma Yun smiled serenely: “Old Guo, have you dealt with foreigners in Modu for so long you’ve forgotten how strong we are now?” East Asia holds the title of the monster chamber, even the seemingly inconspicuous Philippines, while only teased as monkeys domestically, if placed in South America or Africa and the Middle East, they are little dominators without a doubt. Not to mention Korea, Neon, or even Thailand; so many resource-scarce countries gathered collectively, after so many years, only managed some southern disputes and Fish Island disputes limited to verbal exchanges, never really hands-on. It ultimately remains the Eastern Continent in position, suppressing all kinds of ghosts and monsters. Especially the year before last, forcing the US Army to retreat on the southern side, further establishing its standing as the big brother in East Asia. So on this one acre and three-point land, even if Lu Liang poked a hole in the sky, international disputes wouldn’t arise. Even if they do, they’d only be limited to verbal exchanges. At this moment, a child in school uniform knocked and said: “Teacher Ma, the class bell rang.” “Oh, right, sorry, head back to class, I’ll be there soon.” Ma Yun without delay, packed his teaching materials. While speaking to Guo Changguang: “Mr. Guo, feel free, I won’t see you off.” “Mr. Ma, are you content?” Guo Changguang suddenly asked. Earlier when Ma Yun talked about Lu Liang and Tianxing’s plan, a glow appeared in his eyes, different from usual. Very much like twenty years ago, when they first met, Ma Yun talked to him about Ali’s future plans. “I have to go to class, let’s discuss next time.” Ma Yun smiled, walked out without turning back. Now discussing whether he’s content holds no meaning anymore, he’s waiting for another opportunity to make a comeback. If it doesn’t arrive, watching Lu Liang isn’t bad either, for Lu Liang is like his alternate self. If Lu Liang’s plan succeeds, it also represents his idea’s success, just in the wrong location.