The next morning, the sound of gongs and drums filled the air alongside the crackle of firecrackers.

    With the completion of the Dong’an Group’s sub-factory, the Lou Shui New Energy Industrial Park was now fully operational.

    Leaders from Su City, along with representatives from seventeen listed companies, took turns delivering speeches on stage.

    Su City promised that it plans to complete the basic repair work on nearby roads within the next six months.

    The corporate representatives shared that they would quickly relocate talent and equipment from their headquarters to commence trial production as soon as possible.

    On the morning of that day, stocks of the ’Tianxing System’ reached their daily limit.

    Ningde Era was about to reach a market value of 200 billion, with its new energy sector surging by 6.22%.

    The 300 billion public fund initiated by Lu Liang was launched on December 26, the year before last, and completed its fundraising period on February 3 this year.

    Eleven months have passed to date, with a profit rate of 67.55%, leading ahead globally, galloping all the way.

    If you subscribed with ten thousand, you’ve now earned 6,755. If you subscribed with a million, you’ve made 675,500.

    Those who did not subscribe or who did subscribe but withdrew after hearing rumors are now regretting it bitterly.

    If they missed out due to being unable to get a quota, they might feel less disappointed.

    The issue is that for the 300 billion public fund, apart from the final fundraising, the first six rounds were basically open if you just clicked.

    The 11-month yield of 67.55% is secondary; there is another figure with the Tianxing Public Offering that makes people’s eyes light up.

    A 100% profitable margin, this data indicates that the hundreds of thousands of fund individuals who bought in did not leave with losses.

    Whenever someone redeemed the fund, the quota was released again the next morning, and buying it meant earning, without anyone having to cut losses and leave.

    As a result, the fund community surged again, and even stock investors no longer looked down on fund investors, unifying against outsiders.

    Both sides joined forces, thousands to petition, hoping Lu Liang would initiate another public fund, promising not to give up this time, following through thick and thin.

    This year, their days outside were too tough; if not harvested by institutions, then by foreign capital, or by speculative capital.

    Countless people entered the market with ambition, only for it to turn into hoping to break even—quickly within a week, slowly within a month.

    Every day, they were either trading for a short-term gain (doing T) or on the way to trading gain (on T); they earnestly hoped their capital could find a warm home.

    If they could give this home a time limit, they wished it to be ten thousand years.

    However, despite being one of the hottest topics, it was like winking at a blind person; Lu Liang paid no attention.

    Seeing the situation, Forbes suddenly felt the timing was right, and promptly published last year’s billionaire list, as well as East Country’s top hundred list.

    Ranked 25th on the Hu Run Rich List, Lu Liang made it into East Country’s top hundred at 11th place, and also the global top hundred list.

    Upon release, the chief editor of Forbes once again @ Hu Run: "I remember teaching you once, no investigation, no right to speak; did you just collect random data online to make the list?

    If so, I hope Hu Run will refrain from saying he worked with our Forbes in front of outsiders.

    Thanks!"

    "What’s wrong? Why are Hu Run and Forbes fighting again?"

    Internet users flocked over at the news.

    However, upon seeing the list, each behaved as if they’d seen a ghost, rushing to tell their friends and neighbors: "Brothers, come look at God~"

    Forbes calculated Lu Liang’s assets, differing from Hu Run’s with Panda’s value decreasing and Tianxing Technology’s value increasing, totaling 13.342 billion US Dollars.

    But Forbes added an asset proof; Lu Liang established the Xingheng Investment Company in Tokyo.

    The value is still uncertain, but he fully owns this company, investing two hundred million US Dollars in Detroit.

    He also cooperated with Mitsui Sumitomo and Hyundai Group to establish a business with a registered capital of one billion US Dollars, holding 33.3% shares.

    What they are investing in remains unknown, but according to disclosures, they recently allocated one billion US Dollars for dividends.

    So conservatively estimated, Xingheng Investment Company’s valuation could be 2.5 billion US Dollars. In total, Lu Liang’s personal wealth reaches 15.842 billion US Dollars. Sёarch* The N??elFirё.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    Converted to RMB, that’s 106.141 billion.

    Only ranked just below Ding Sanshi.

    "I can’t understand it, really can’t understand."

    "The editors of two magazines are fighting, but they’re raising Liangzi’s values higher through it."

    "On the 1st, he was only 9.995 billion US Dollars; on the 2nd, it jumped to 13.4 billion US Dollars; on the 3rd, it becomes 15.842 billion US Dollars."

    "Please, don’t fight anymore; Liangzi has become the top ten’s goalkeeper; if you fight more, he’ll enter the top ten."

    "Scared~ Which bastard said he didn’t even have a ten-billion-dollar fortune, only for him to counter with 1,061."

    "Does anyone remember? Around this time last year, Liangzi’s wealth was only 1.3 billion US Dollars; it multiplied tenfold in a year."

    "What’s wrong? I’m envious of anyone making money, but seeing Liangzi make money makes me sincerely not jealous, just regretting not recognizing great talent earlier and buying his public fund."

    "If you have opinions, first learn about the legend of Punan Road No.88; this is Liangzi’s spot still treated as a broker seat; other brokers still scheme about our domestic money, but he has stepped out to battle with international capital giants."

    "If still having opinions, go watch Xiao Chen’s video, visit the Tianxing Charity Foundation’s website; at least fifty million each year; every expense is traceable; all funds are handed personally to beneficiaries in red hot bills, played very real."

    "All volunteers are either proactive students or company employees; the charity fund has no salary expenses; even Vice President Xiao Chen receives Liangzi’s salary; Red Cross’s old lords should learn from this."

    "Let them learn? Then how to make money?"

    Upon knowing the evolution of public opinion, those on the wealth list could not help but covet, envy, and hate, not understanding why Lu Liang’s reputation kept improving.

    After all, the wealth list is also known as the ’slaughter list’; anyone who ranks high is scrutinized by netizens with a microscope.

    Wishing to investigate thoroughly, no matter the present or past, any dark spot would be seized upon and critiqued vigorously.

    Why did public opinion completely reverse for Lu Liang?

    It’s known that Lu Liang had negative news about abandoning his wife after suddenly accumulating wealth, but hardly anyone brought it up.

    "Because you purely view them as jealous of the wealthy, but they merely abhor those wealthy without benevolence."

    Lu Liang, still inspecting the base in Su City, couldn’t help but smile sarcastically at the online public opinion.

    He remembered his childhood, not going hungry but only having meat and drinks during festive periods.

    Recent decades have visibly improved living standards; even with a monthly salary of three thousand, people could eat meat for every meal until full.

    Ordinary people are easily satisfied, knowing well the hard-won peace and prosperity, not bearing the wealthy the way some imagined.

    They simply loathe those profitable yet ungenerous ones earning substantial money while pretending to miss previous less wealthy times, some even openly accusing them for not making more due to insufficient effort.

    Not realizing, if hard work helped, the First Rich wouldn’t be Old Xu in real estate, but the rural grinding donkey.

    "Mr. Lu, the three main constructions are planned to be completed by mid-March, with production lines arriving simultaneously," Wang Xiaofeng mentioned while walking.

    They all underestimated the upfront payment of 50% for construction and settling the balance three months post-completion.

    Working day and night tirelessly, even taking only three days off for the Spring Festival, resuming immediately on the third day.

    At this moment, the Civil Engineering Sect suddenly became tangible.

    "Time is money."

    Lu Liang couldn’t help but laugh, putting away his phone, no longer interested in online opinion.

    He glanced at a nearby empty plot: "Do you know how much that plot costs?"

    "How much?" Wang Xiaofeng asked, puzzled.

    "18 billion, taken by Country Garden."

    Lu Liang heard this yesterday from municipal discussions.

    The settlement of the Lou Shui New Energy Industry Zone here, the Tianxing Production Base, and the headquarters building is also here.

    This implies a large influx of cutting-edge technology personnel settling here, naturally boosting property prices.

    Reports suggest that several nearby plots, whether residential districts or commercial plazas, are commencing tender and construction.

    The engineering teams they hired naturally worked tirelessly, planning to finish the work early here so they can take up assignments there sooner.

    Lu Liang added: "Make sure to control the project quality; our prompt payment is no excuse for them to get slack."

    Wang Xiaofeng nodded as Liu Pei approached, stating: "Mr. Lu, can we speak a moment?"

    "Mr. Lu, Director Liu, you chat, I’ll go check over there." Wang Xiaofeng knowingly left them some private space.

    "Mr. Lu, 1.8 billion US Dollars have been deposited."

    Liu Pei said, suddenly looking at Zhuo Yifan: "Are you really planning to hand over the direct store project to him?"

    The investment in building offline experience stores in major provincial cities nationwide would require at least three billion.

    Lu Liang just found a twenty-six-year-old young man to handle this; he couldn’t decide whether Lu Liang was bold or foolhardy.