Break out of the courtyard

After the American left, Hua finally couldn't hold back any longer, "Peace, do you really want to cooperate with the Americans to develop brain-computer interfaces?"

“Why not?” Zhang Heping stood up, smiling as he looked at the conflicted Hua Lao. “You all know about the hypnotic function of brain-computer interfaces.”

"The virtual dream classroom is hypnotizing all the participants to hate Japan. You all noticed it, but no one mentioned it."

Zhang Heping left after speaking, but Old Hua sat in his chair and pondered for a long time.

After the Nanjing Fallen virtual dream game from the Virtual Dream Classroom was released, Professor Hua and brain-computer interface experts from Sichuan and Shenzhen all experienced the game.

Furthermore, it was later concluded that the hypnotic effect of this game was stronger than that of the dream game they designed to aid Korea.

The Korean War emphasized teamwork and individual bravery, and it took place abroad, unlike the Nanjing Massacre, which was a national and personal tragedy that left a deeper impression.

Even foreigners playing the game would be outraged by the Japanese devils' beastly behavior.

Even if they take off their helmets and leave the virtual dream classroom afterward, and can't remember most of the content of the virtual dream, they will never forget the evil deeds of the Japanese devils!

Even if they forget the specific atrocities committed by the Japanese devils in their dreams after a long time, they will still subconsciously resent the Japanese and occasionally recall the evil deeds they committed!

This is just a rudimentary hypnosis technique. If it were the virtual dream system used in the basement of the villa on the mountaintop, mainland brain-computer interface experts would probably be in an uproar.

Mr. Hua pondered for a long time, until all the teachers and students who were leading the group came out to prepare for lunch, before he was brought back to his senses by the guard, Xiao Qin.

"Professor Hua, Professor Li and the others are asking if you want to go back to the hotel for lunch together?"

Only after being reminded again by the guard, Xiao Qin, did Old Hua fully come to his senses and look at the others.

After discussion among the teachers in charge, they decided on the requirement to eat lunch on time, not to stay in the virtual dream world for too long, and not to rely on milk, bread, candy, or other items in the rest area for lunch.

"Let's go, have lunch!" Old Hua stood up with a smile, as if he had figured something out, and walked towards the more than one hundred genius teenagers.

"How is it going?" Old Hua asked with a smile, "Is it possible to complete the flight device mission assigned by Consultant Zhang today?"

Upon seeing these teachers and students, Hua suddenly understood Zhang Heping's intention.

Members of Zhang Yi's brain-computer interface research team who want to learn Zhang Heping's brain-computer interface technology must undergo rigorous review by Shenzhen Heping Academy, let alone foreigners.

If the United States really sends people to exchange and learn, how they teach will be up to Zhang Heping. Why should he worry unnecessarily?

A little boy excitedly said, "Grandpa Hua, our design team's flight device design has been approved by Teacher Wang and the others. Next, we'll make the finished product for verification!"

Someone in the team chimed in, "We also need to study dynamics and materials science, and research what kind of fuel the flight device will use. We'll have a video conference with Grandpa Qian and his team in Shenzhen later to ask them how to proceed with the subsequent research and development work."

"There's so much technical material in the library, we don't know which one to look at first!" one young girl complained. "We feel like headless flies."

“How could that be?” one of the boys disagreed. “If you don’t understand something, just search for the relevant question on the computer in the library, and the technical information you need will be provided. It’s very convenient!”

The group chattered as they left the library, then lined up in rows of four and headed to the Peace Hotel via the internal roads of the Peace Academy.

On his way to the hotel, Hua sent the gist of Zhang Heping's conversation with the head of the US embassy in Hong Kong to the capital via his mobile phone.

Then, without even having lunch, he rushed back to Shenzhen with his guard, Xiao Qin, to attend a confidential video conference in the afternoon.

……

Zhang Heping's conversation with Alex, the curator of the US museum, quickly reached the US, waking Little Ke from his sleep.

Compared to the anticipated technology exchange and collaborative research and development, Xiao Ke was more concerned about Zhang Heping's last words:

I don't want to see Japanese people or Nissan cars lately!
“Mr. Zhang doesn’t want to see the Japanese islanders. We can also warn them not to approach him, or make them leave Hong Kong Island!” Little Ke sat on the large sofa in his office, legs crossed, frowning as he looked at the black-haired female secretary standing in front of him.

"But he doesn't want to see Nissan cars. What does that mean?" Xiao Ke asked, puzzled. "We don't have the right to stop people in Hong Kong from using Nissan cars!"

"Your Excellency!" the black-haired female secretary reminded him, "If it's just Hong Kong Island, Mr. Zhang only needs to make a call to the Governor of Hong Kong, and then unite all the Hong Kong businessmen to drive away the Japanese people and Nissan cars on Hong Kong Island!"

Thinking of the Peace Group's previous assertive stance in blocking Japan and the United States, Xiao Ke nodded and agreed with his personal secretary's explanation.

"What does he mean?" Little Ke still couldn't understand.

The black-haired female secretary speculated, "Perhaps the 'I' he's referring to is you!"

“Me?” Little K paused for a moment, then frowned and pondered, “I don’t want to…”

The black-haired female secretary added, "I think he wants us to make a statement about suppressing Japanese people and Nissan cars before he might cooperate with us."

“Boycotting Japanese cars is easy; just raise tariffs on them. Many American automakers would be happy to see that happen!” Little K thought, his brow furrowed. “But what about the Japanese…? They’ll weaken our control over East Asia!”

……

When Zhang Heping said he didn't want to see Japanese people or Japanese cars, he really meant it literally.

The Japanese man has been bothering his family lately, but since it's just a matter of helping with payments and bills, Zhang Heping doesn't feel comfortable disciplining them.

As for expelling the Japanese from Hong Kong Island, although he could do it, he wouldn't.

As an international metropolis, Hong Kong Island should embrace a cosmopolitan atmosphere.

If Zhang Heping acts recklessly and causes Hong Kong Island to degenerate into an ordinary seaside city, then he and the Heping Group will be in trouble!
Based on these considerations, even during the period when the Peace Group blacklisted Japan, the United States, and South Korea, the resistance was limited to the Peace Group itself and did not escalate to the entire Hong Kong Island.

That afternoon, Zhang Heping continued to attend to his work at the library.

Like a teenager addicted to the internet, Zhang Bing dragged his in-laws Tang Ming, his brother-in-law Ma Zhiyi, and his two sons-in-law to the virtual dream classroom to experience the fall of Nanjing. He even declared that he would kill 20 Japanese soldiers before going home for dinner.

Because of a mission assigned by the Shenzhen Health Bureau Director, Zhang Zhaodi, along with her second sister Zhang Pandi, followed Zhang Bei, who was delivering the brain-computer interface equipment, and a team of bodyguards to the Department of Neurology at Hong Kong Island Peace Hospital to learn firsthand about the clinical trials of brain-computer interface therapy for vegetative patients.

Chang Wen, Chang Le, Zhang Yi and other young people were playing a virtual reality single-player game in the basement of the villa. Chang Sheng originally wanted to stay and play a combat game with the bodyguards on the third basement level, but his father-in-law called his name, and he was too embarrassed to say his true thoughts.

Therefore, the important task of taking the Tan family shopping fell to Ma Xiuzhen, who generously invited them to Hong Kong Island for the Lunar New Year.

Ma Xiuzhen was accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, her in-law Xu Jiefeng, her sister-in-law Liu Ting, and others, and she seemed to be enjoying the shopping experience.

The only problem was that there were too many bodyguards surrounding her, and the entourage was too grand, making her feel a little unreal.

Perhaps the tactic of making an example of someone in prison before the Lunar New Year had an effect, or perhaps the impact of the plane crash on the Higashi-Tokyo Imperial Palace in Japan had not yet dissipated, or perhaps the bodyguards of the Umbrella Corporation were all carrying weapons on the streets, which is why no one dared to provoke the Zhang family during the Lunar New Year.

Time flies, and it's already the third day of the Lunar New Year, a Saturday. Many workplaces in mainland China have started operating again, such as the Capital Library where Tan Ying works, the Tobacco Bureau where Chang Xing works, and the People's Bank of China where Chang Wen works.

Although they had asked their employers for leave in advance, they only got two more days off than others; any more and people would gossip.

Since they still had many acquaintances to visit in the capital, Zhang Bing and Ma Xiuzhen took Ma Zhiyi, Chang Sheng, Tan Zhou, and others back to the capital by plane.

Only Cheung Chiu-tai, Cheung Pan-tai, Cheung Yat, and others remained on Hong Kong Island due to work reasons.

Ma Xiuzhen originally didn't want to go back, as the marriages of her many grandchildren were still undecided, causing her great anxiety.

But when her elder brother Ma Zhiyi saw that the Zhang family had many children and grandchildren, he also wanted to go back to his hometown to see his own children and grandchildren; and since Old Zhang also wanted to go back to his hometown, she had no choice but to accompany him.

Fortunately, Ma Zhiyi will have to return to Shenzhen Peace Hospital for further observation, and his return will not take too long.

……

Beijing Capital International Airport, exit.

When Zhang Bing, Ma Xiuzhen, and their group came out, they were all pulling a large suitcase and a large travel bag in their left hand and a large suitcase and a large travel bag in their right hand, with a backpack on their backs.

The only difference was the color of the suitcases, travel bags, and backpacks, but the styles were all the latest models from Tingmei Luggage, the kind that cost tens of thousands of dollars each.

Although Chen Shuting said that the cost price of these suitcases and bags was very cheap, and there were many old-fashioned suitcases and bags in the old house in Houhai, Tan Ying and Tan Tan still felt that it was very prestigious to pull these suitcases and bags.

Then, something even more prestigious happened to them.

As they left the station exit, Ma Xiuzhen and Chang Wen were calculating how many taxis they would need when a middle-aged man in a military overcoat ran over with a smile.

"Uncle Zhang, Aunt Ma, I'm Xiao Liu, the security guard from compound number 5. Do you remember me?" The middle-aged man took off his hat, revealing his entire face, and said with a smile, "Our superiors sent us to pick you up and take you home. The car is right there."

"It's Company Commander Liu from the guard company!" Zhang Bing remembered him.

The reason they were a bit slow to recognize each other was mainly because their grandchildren had grown up and were no longer attending Yuying School, so Zhang Bing and Ma Xiuzhen rarely went to the villa at No. 5 Wanshou Road.

Of course, the main reason is that Ma Xiuzhen has accumulated quite a few properties, and the villa in No. 5 Courtyard cannot be rented out. Zhang Heping's family rarely stays there when they come back, so they don't pay much attention to that villa. Anyway, there are orderly soldiers responsible for cleaning it.

When Company Commander Liu saw that Zhang Bing recognized him, he put his hat back on and waved to the guards waiting around.

Subsequently, a group of guards came over and escorted Zhang Bing, Ma Xiuzhen, and others, along with their luggage, onto three Hongqi sedans and two buses.

Halfway there, the bus carrying Chang Xing and the Tan family broke away from the convoy and drove directly to the school where Tan Zhou and the others were.

They declined the driver's offer to take them to the school, insisting on getting off at the school gate and then dragging their bags inside.

It was during winter break, and the snow hadn't melted yet, so there weren't many people on the huge campus.

After Tan Fang returned, as if afraid others wouldn't know how well her second daughter had married, she greeted everyone she met loudly. Although she was offering New Year's greetings and saying auspicious words, her boasting was obvious.

So when they got to the teachers' dormitory building, many people had already come out or peeked out of their windows to watch the commotion.

However, when Tan Zhou saw the principal come out, his heart skipped a beat. He seemed to have forgotten about the library they had mentioned earlier!

It's said that the value of a library is not even as high as the luggage that the family dragged back.

If Tan Zhou were to ask Zhang Heping to donate a library, it would most likely be successful.

But the principal heard from somewhere that, in addition to the library, he also wanted a set of virtual dream learning equipment!
After Tan Zhou went to Hong Kong Island, he learned that there was only one set of that virtual dream learning device in the world, and it was still under development. How could he possibly obtain it? So when he met Zhang Heping, he didn't mention it at all.

……

As soon as Zhang Bing, Ma Zhiyi, and the others got off the car at Houhai, Ma Lili, Zhou Chengwen, and the others came over to help carry their luggage.

"Dad, Mom, I bought train tickets for tomorrow morning. Yongli and the others are going back with us too." Ma Lili stepped forward and took Ma Zhiyi's arm, not lowering her voice.

Then, Company Commander Liu, who was helping to move the luggage, overheard it.

"Do you need a vehicle?" Company Commander Liu said with a smile, "This bus is one we just rented and haven't returned yet. Where are you going? I'll have the bus take you there."

Ma Lili didn't know Company Commander Liu, so she remained silent.

Zhang Bing, who was standing nearby, chimed in, "Xiao Liu, did you really rent this bus?"

"Uncle Zhang, why would I lie to you!" Company Commander Liu said with a smile, "Only the three Hongqi sedans that Consultant Zhang bought are the official vehicles of our No. 5 compound."

Zhang Bing turned to the bus parked at the door and said, "Then we'll pay to rent two buses, one to Baoding and one to Zhangjiakou. Can you help us find out how much it will cost?"

When Company Commander Liu heard that Zhang Bing wanted to go back to his hometown of Zhangjiakou, he immediately perked up. "Uncle Zhang, how many of you are going to Baoding? And how many are going to Zhangjiakou?"

The family that went to Baoding was Ma Zhiyi's family. Although there weren't many people, they had a lot of luggage, so they had to be taken back by bus.

But when they go to Zhangjiakou, only Ma Xiuzhen will accompany Zhang Bing back. Chang Sheng and Chang Wen will have to go back to work the day after tomorrow after they finish delivering gifts and paying New Year's visits.

Therefore, Company Commander Liu suggested sending two Hongqi sedans to take them back.

However, Lao Zhang insisted on renting two buses and refused to let Company Commander Liu and the others take him there.

After Company Commander Liu and the others left, Ma Xiuzhen repeatedly pressed them for answers before she learned that Zhang Bing was planning to invite Zhang Xin, Lou Xiao'e, and others to go back to their hometown to pay respects to their ancestors.

After Zhang Bing and Ma Xiuzhen returned, before they could even unpack their belongings, well-meaning people who had heard the news and come to offer New Year's greetings arrived and blocked their door.

First, the neighbors with elderly family members who couldn't get the Longevity 120 medication tried to get it through Zhang Bing and Ma Xiuzhen.

Zhang Heping had discussed the possible solutions with his parents beforehand. One was to simply explain that he was not responsible for distributing the Lifespan 120 medication; that was handled by the government. The other was to avoid the topic altogether or return to Shenzhen or Hong Kong as soon as possible.

The Zhang family underestimated the mentality of those who wanted to get the Lifespan 120 potion for free. They were afraid that if they applied late, they would die prematurely, so they blocked the Zhang family's door for a long time.

In the end, it was only through the intervention of the neighborhood committee and the local police station that the crowd was dispersed.

The reason for this is that the Lifespan 120 potion for January was decided last year, and outsiders cannot interfere.

The list for February included the first batch of people selected for free trial of the Life 120 drug after the application method was made public. Among them were people from the military, government, and science and technology sectors, as well as ordinary elderly people who were very old.

Thus, the old men and women on Haizi's side saw hope of living decades longer... (End of Chapter)