Chapter 768: Chapter 752: Change or Die!

“Mr. Lu, the sun is quite harsh today, let me apply some sunscreen for you.”

Seeing Lu Liang finish his conversation with Xu Jiayin, Xue Jingyang, dressed in a high-slit deep V bikini, walked over gracefully.

Both Yang Qisheng and Wu Tianzheng brought along many young female companions, each of them eyeing Lu Liang like wolves eyeing their prey, making her feel a sense of crisis.

“Go ahead.” Lu Liang hummed, turned over, and lay on the lounge chair, enjoying the gentle caress of the beauty’s ten fingers.

He squinted his eyes, looking at the endless sea horizon in front of him, the breeze and gentle waves resembling a beautiful painting.

“Qisheng, you’ve arranged everything well.”

Lu Liang signaled with his eyes, and another swimsuit-clad beauty enthusiastically held a cold drink, inserted a straw, and brought it to his lips.

“Mr. Lu, as long as you like it, you can come often, there’s a new theme every week.” Yang Qisheng laughed.

Wu Tianzheng chimed in with a laugh: “Xiangjiang’s seawater is indeed cleaner, unlike Modu’s, which is mostly mudflats.”

“After all, the East Sea is the mouth of the Yangtze River, with a high sediment content, but the turbid waters actually nurture a richer ecosystem.”

Yang Qisheng and Wu Tianzheng performed in harmony, since after the business talk, they were supposed to act as the atmosphere team to ensure a light and pleasant atmosphere on the ship.

“Take off the shoes; you’re different from them.” After applying the sunscreen, Lu Liang turned over and saw Xue Jingyang’s calves trembling slightly.

Seemingly to ensure a smooth leg line and better showcase her figure, she, like the other bikini ladies, wore high heels.

A bikini with high heels indeed highlights feminine charm, but no matter how luxurious the yacht, it’s not as stable as a cruise ship.

Standing in high heels on the deck for a minute is at least equivalent to standing on flat ground for ten minutes, placing a great burden on the legs.

“Alright, Mr. Lu.”

Xue Jingyang blushed and hummed in response.

Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed the envious glances from the surrounding female companions, greatly satisfying her vanity.

Xu Jiayin glanced sideways with a playful remark: “Mr. Lu truly knows how to cherish beauty.”

Lu Liang smiled and said: “Loving women is like nurturing flowers, you understand, don’t you, Mr. Xu?”

“I didn’t understand before, but now I’ve learned.”

Xu Jiayin put on an expression of a newbie, causing everyone to burst into laughter.

They went offshore in the morning, taking a big loop in the coastal waters, and arrived in Macau by evening to rest for the night.

The following day, as Lu Liang and Xu Jiayin planned to return to Xiangjiang, they suddenly received an invitation from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Authority.

The 55-km long cross-sea bridge, known as one of East Country’s engineering marvels, took more than nine years to complete.

It was completed and inspected six months ago, with plans to officially open next month, having been in trial operation recently.

Therefore, upon learning that Lu Liang and Xu Jiayin were in Macau planning to go to Xiangjiang, they decisively extended the trial operation invitation.

One is the nation’s First Rich, the other a strong contender for the next; both are prominent figures in current public opinion.

Even foreign media have been paying close attention to their whereabouts, making it an excellent platform for international publicity.

Lu Liang and Xu Jiayin had no reason to refuse; they just wanted to experience one of humanity’s greatest engineering projects.

They took a commemorative photo with the leaders at the starting point and shared a luxurious minibus, driving onto the super long cross-sea bridge that seemed to stretch endlessly.

“Mr. Lu, Mr. Xu, how do you feel driving on this bridge for the first time?” the leader asked with a smile, accompanied by a photographer carrying equipment.

“Stunning, a masterpiece.”

Lu Liang gazed out the car window in awe and asked: “How deep is the deepest part of the tunnel?”

The leader quickly replied: “The maximum depth of the installed tunnel exceeds 40 meters in some areas, nearly 50 meters in places, and it comprises 33 giant immersed tubes and a final joining section.”

He enjoyed dealing with smart people, and the invitation from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Authority was naturally to do more than just sit quietly.

If Lu Liang hadn’t asked, how would he have listed the data? If he hadn’t listed the data, how would the foreigners know their technology was already impressive?

Xu Jiayin was also the perfect foil: “Building the bridge over the years must have posed many challenges, right?”

The leader sighed: “Difficult, extremely difficult. You could say from the start of the project, not a single day was easy.”

“Over the past nine years, we innovated 31 construction methods, 13 software systems, 31 pieces of equipment, and submitted 454 patent applications.”

“These innovative achievements not only formed core technologies with independent intellectual property rights but also established an industrialized technology system for cross-sea passage construction…”

Half an hour passed in a Q&A session, and they soon arrived at the Xiangjiang Airport Express, the end point of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.

“The circle covering Hong Kong, Zhuhai, and Macau used to take at least four hours; now, with this bridge, it’s just 30 minutes for easy travel across the three places.”

Lu Liang marveled, bid farewell to the management leaders, and he and Old Xu switched vehicles at the airport, heading to the city.

Their participation in the bridge’s trial operation was also heavily publicized by domestic and foreign media, making tomorrow’s situation even more unpredictable.

“Didn’t Tianxing Finance’s ABS fail? How does Lu Liang still have the mind to participate in the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge trial operation?”

Although yesterday was Saturday, news from New York said that the ABS project commissioned by Tianxing Finance through Delimei was frozen entirely by the US Tax Bureau for investigation.

It’s rumored that Delimei Bank did not cooperate with the US Tax Bureau’s investigation, adamantly refusing to disclose clients’ personal information, prompting the US Tax Bureau to apply to freeze all account funds to prevent capital outflow.