"Mr. Lu, hold on, how about we dine together?"
After the meeting, Zhou Hongwei and Mr. Lei found Lu Liang—they clearly had motives beyond just catching up over food.
360 Finance and Xiaomi both planned to go public by the end of the year or early next year, and with Lu Liang's remarkable results in aiding Panda, now also considering DiDi's invitation, they wanted to pick his brain.
"Sure, just give me a moment." Lu Liang looked at Mr. Lei warily and waved Jia Wei over, whispering, "Take the documents to Mr. Hu first, I'll come by later."
Mr. Zhou might genuinely want to inquire about the IPO, but Mr. Lei was definitely up to no good.
After all, Xiaomi had already decided to go public in Hong Kong next year and had even planned a 9.9 billion dividend distribution at the end of the year.
Distributing dividends right before listing was taboo, a clear sign they didn't care if the stock price suffered.
