Break out of the courtyard

Zhang Bei went to the Shenzhen Peace Hospital for a clinical trial of brain-computer interface therapy, and Zhang Zhaodi naturally had to return to the Shenzhen Health Bureau to report on the relevant work.

But once she left, the Nanjing Museum inspection team was left completely lost.

They wanted to apply to experience the Nanjing Fallen Virtual Dream game again, but found that there were more than 100,000 people ahead of them in line. They wanted to ask the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Task Force for help, but those people already knew that they had experienced the virtual dream game and had met Zhang Heping, so naturally they were unwilling to pay attention to them.

Then, some members of the inspection team suggested that they go to the library to confront Zhang Heping and show him their sincerity, just like the story of Cheng Men Li Xue (a famous Chinese monk who stood in the snow outside his master's door).

So when Zhang Heping hurriedly left the library at noon, he found that Director Tang was leading more than a dozen people, with two bodyguards pointing guns at them, preventing them from getting close to the Zhang family's convoy.

"Consultant Zhang, these are some suggestions we summarized last night. Please take a look when you have time!"

Director Tang shouted with all his might, but Zhang Heping didn't even glance at them before getting into his car and leaving.

Zhang Heping had planned to go home for lunch, but the Chinese Businessmen's Annual Meeting hadn't started yet, and everyone was waiting for him.

On one side were prominent Hong Kong businessmen with whom they frequently interacted, as well as a group of Chinese businessmen from all over the world; on the other side were inspection personnel who arrived without prior notice, seemingly out of nowhere and somewhat self-important. It was clear which side was more important.

Moreover, Zhang Heping made it very clear to Director Tang that the materials should be given to his elder sister, Zhang Zhaodi.

But they didn't take Zhang Heping's words seriously. They came over with a few pages of paper, thinking that Zhang Heping would pay attention to them. I really don't know where they got their confidence.

The Hongtu Restaurant, which the Chinese Businessmen's Annual Meeting is renting today, is one of the restaurants that the Zhang family usually orders takeout from. Due to security reasons, it has long been controlled by the Peace Hotel, but the name has not been changed.

There are more than a dozen such restaurants, serving both Chinese and Western food. They are mainly for the Zhang family to hold banquets on the mountaintop, rather than inside the restaurants.

When Zhang Heping arrived at the restaurant, only two maids, Zhang Nan and Zhang Nian, came out to greet him.

But those on lookout duty immediately informed the people in the restaurant of his arrival.

So, as soon as he entered the restaurant lobby, he was surrounded by many businessmen who had come out after hearing the news, and then they ushered him into the party room.

If you ask why these people are so enthusiastic, it's because of two reasons: first, money; and second, to find out if the Longevity 120 drug in mainland China will be available for free trial to them, the Chinese businessmen.

Of course, these are things to follow.

At this moment, everyone was spouting high-sounding polite words or blatant praise.

"President He!" Zhang Heping raised his right hand and pointed his index finger at the smiling President He. "We agreed beforehand that you wouldn't wait for me, but you've put me on the hot seat, making so many people wait for me!"

"Mr. Zhang, you can't blame me!" Chairman He stepped forward with a smile, took Zhang Heping's right hand in his, and then looked at the others, saying, "Everyone has to vouch for me!"

"Didn't I announce the start of the banquet at 12 o'clock? Did you insist on waiting for Mr. Zhang to arrive?"

As the surrounding businessmen echoed this, Chen Shuting also came over and took Zhang Heping's left arm.

Zhang Heping was just joking; he just didn't want outsiders to think he was being arrogant.

The Chinese businesspeople present came from all over the world. Regardless of how much money they could help the Peace Group make, the Peace Group's reputation in those places alone represented a portion of the Peace Group's goodwill in various regions.

As Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting sat down at the main table, the others quickly returned to their seats.

The banquet began, but the food was not the main focus.

The connections you made this morning are now a perfect opportunity to strengthen relationships with others by offering a toast.

This applies to individuals and small groups alike.

After a few rounds of drinks, many small businessmen who were not usually qualified to toast the main table gathered around the businessmen with connections, waiting to follow them to the main table to make their mark.

Even if Chairman He, Chen Shuting, and others don't remember them, they can still get Zhang Heping to accept their business cards and remember their names and companies.

Outsiders all say Zhang Heping has a good memory, but only the small business owners who have given Zhang Heping their business cards know that it is Zhang Heping's way of showing them respect!

Because every time Zhang Heping accepted a business card, he would glance at it and then hand it to Chen Shuting or his bodyguard to put in their bag, instead of just throwing it away or discarding it afterward.

Why are those small business owners so sure that Zhang Heping didn't throw away their business cards afterward?
This story begins with some businessmen who received bidding invitations from the Peace Group or direct cooperation offers.

After receiving the invitation, most of these people would ask the staff of the Peace Group where they got their contact information.

Don't be fooled by the simplicity of this question; it contains quite a few hidden tricks.

If any of the Peace Group staff members say they obtained the contact information from Mr. Zhang or General Manager Chen, it means that the business has entered the vision of the Peace Group's senior management. The invited businessmen only need to honestly complete the cooperation and do not need to worry about other dirty tricks, so they can receive payment smoothly according to the contract.

Conversely, one must consider how to maintain good relations with the Peace Group in order to ensure the smooth progress of subsequent cooperation and the settlement of outstanding payments.

In addition, a businessman ran into Zhang Heping at Heping Hospital. After exchanging greetings, Zhang Heping immediately knew his name and company.

At such times, many businessmen would feel flattered.

Therefore, even when Zhang Heping brought a glass of orange juice to toast the businessman, he behaved with utmost respect and did not feel slighted.

"I have a suggestion!" The middle-aged businessman, who had just toasted Zhang Heping with a glass of baijiu, suddenly shouted to the others, "Boycott Japanese goods!"

"I am Peng Kun, the head of Huafeng Trading. Last night, I had the opportunity to experience the virtual reality game 'The Fall of Nanjing.' I am deeply disgusted by the atrocities committed by the Japanese invaders! I am extremely saddened and indignant about the plight of my compatriots who perished!"

"And then there are the various atrocities committed by Japanese spies in Hong Kong in recent years..."

Don't be fooled by the businessman's passionate words; he's just trying to gain fame.

The man first introduced himself, then explained his reasons, and finally subtly revealed the evil deeds committed by Japanese spies against the Zhang family in Hong Kong, thus calling on others to boycott Japanese goods.

Merchants who had no business dealings with the Japanese could naturally agree without a second thought.

However, it's not appropriate for businessmen with ties to Japan, such as those involved in the cruise ship business, to comment.

After Zhang Heping, the middle-aged businessman, finished speaking, he raised his left hand and placed it on his right shoulder, holding a juice glass in his right hand. He looked at the others, some agreeing and some remaining silent, and smiled, saying, "We businessmen have nationalities, but business can have no borders!"

"Instead of boycotting Japanese goods, we should work hard to outperform them and make Chinese products sell well all over the world."

"In the process of catching up with Japanese goods, we need bold and decisive Chinese businessmen like Mr. Peng to sell our products all over the world. Don't you all agree?"

This time, there were even more voices in agreement, not only because of Zhang Heping's identity, but also because he took the initiative to stop the proposal to boycott Japanese goods.

How could the Global Chinese Business Conference be complete without Chinese businesspeople from Japan!
When the proposal to boycott Japanese goods was put forward, the Chinese business owners in Japan were in the most awkward position.

Zhang Heping was certainly not speaking on their behalf, because the Heping Group had been boycotting various things in Japan, which had even affected the Chinese businessmen in Japan.

Therefore, Zhang Heping's words did not negate the boycott of Japanese goods, but rather offered a more acceptable suggestion: to outdo Japanese goods.

Boycotting Japanese goods simply means not buying them, but Japanese goods can still be sold to other countries.

But the idea of ​​surpassing Japanese goods and outdoing them seems euphemistic and reflects a spirit of business competition, but the underlying logic is to cut off the roots of Japanese goods!
When Japanese goods lose their international competitiveness, the relevant Japanese companies are not far from bankruptcy.

Many people only realized after they came to their senses that the Zhang family was still the same Zhang family, ruthless enough!
Although the suggestion made by General Manager Peng of Huafeng Trading was not fulfilled, the goal of gaining fame has been achieved.

Being able to have Zhang Heping hold his right shoulder and make such an intimate gesture, it was no wonder he had shamelessly flattered the Zhang family. As for what benefits he would gain afterward, that would depend on whether the Heping Group would continue to boycott Japan Island.

If they intend to continue their boycott of Japan, the Peace Group will inevitably offer Huafeng Trading some opportunities for cooperation, thereby demonstrating their stance against Japan.

In this way, more businessmen will follow suit.

So the question is, why doesn't Zhang Heping openly boycott Japanese goods?

After the Virtual Dream Classroom was attacked by Japanese people, Chen Shuting launched a boycott against Japan. Although it was opposed by shareholders of many of her listed companies, the Peace Group has many subsidiaries and had already begun to boycott the Japanese.

For example, Peace Motors lowered its prices to compete with Nissan and stopped supplying chips to Japan.

Boycotting Japanese goods is child's play!
Besides, this is just a dinner party; to take it seriously would be a complete loss!

Zhang Heping dealt with the situation for more than ten minutes before taking his leave and disappearing, not giving anyone else a chance to inquire about the Lifespan 120 potion.

When the concubine Chen Shuting left, she also called Zhang Nan and Zhang Nian away.

Zhang Nan has his own trading company, so it's understandable that he came here to expand his network.

On the contrary, Zhang Nian, who now works in the Economic Division of the Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong government, came here today, which seems to indicate that she is trying to find out the investment trends of Chinese businesses.

……

After the annual meeting of Chinese business leaders on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Heping was left undisturbed, and time seemed to fly by.

Zhang Bei spent two days at the Shenzhen Peace Academy and brought back two biological brain servers on the afternoon of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.

One is the biological brain that Zhang Bei brought from his basement to Shenzhen, which he brought back this time for inspection and maintenance.

The other one is a biological brain that Zhang Bei selected at the Shenzhen Peace Academy. He successfully constructed a virtual dream for it and needs to show it to his father.

When Zhang Bei arrived at the library with eight brain-computer interface researchers, he happened to run into the group of genius teenagers from the mainland who had completed their flight device mission. The boys and girls were eating snacks in the rest area, waiting for Zhang Heping's next mission.

After chatting in the rest area for a while, Zhang Heping finally came out of the computer room in the corner.

Then, he walked to the whiteboard, erased the previous task, and wrote two new lines:

Feel free to improvise!

Create whatever you want!

The bicycles, mechs, and flying devices that were previously required to be built all had clear objectives. Although they seemed difficult, there were clear steps to follow.

Now, let these gifted teenagers create an item on their own. It seems simple, but there are subtle considerations involved.

These gifted teenagers are at an age where they love to let their imaginations run wild. Now that they have been given a virtual dream world where they can freely express themselves, how could they not be happy!

Having figured out most of the operations in the virtual learning dream after completing the previous three tasks, some teenagers immediately offered their own ideas, hoping to gain the approval of other teenagers and form a team to complete the task together.

However, this time the task uses "you" instead of "you all," which has given many teenagers something to think about.

As Zhang Heping approached, a little boy quickly raised his right hand and asked, "Teacher Zhang, can we make anything?"

“Sure, as long as you can build it!” Zhang Heping replied casually. “If the Dream Library is missing any materials, just tell me and I’ll find a way to add them.”

"I want to build a spaceship and fly to the moon, is that okay?" The little boy looked at Zhang Heping hopefully.

“Sure!” Zhang Heping remained as casual as ever. “As long as you can build it before the training ends on February 28th, I’ll add elements like the atmosphere and the moon to your virtual learning dream world to recreate a realistic space test scenario as much as possible.”

"28th, 12 days..." the little boy muttered as he sat down.

It took these teenagers 12 days to build a flying device, let alone a complex spaceship.

Therefore, although Zhang Heping seemed to agree, he actually only gave the other party a conditional promise.

After leaving the group of children, Zhang Heping sat down next to his eldest son, Zhang Bei.

"I heard you were answering their questions over there. Did you gain anything?" Zhang Heping said, casually taking a candy from the fruit plate on the table, unwrapping it, and eating it.

"Many of these are basic questions they've asked before!" Zhang Bei replied, opening his briefcase and taking out the bio-brain server he had created.

"I asked them to find my previous Q&A videos and then answered their questions one by one by comparing them."

"However, I think they have gone astray and are treating the first-generation and second-generation brain-computer interfaces you gave them as the same type of devices as the Ruomu brain-computer interface."

Zhang Heping adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, glanced at the biological brain server on the table, and casually asked, "Did you tell them your opinion?"

"I did tell them, but I don't know if they'll take my advice!" After sitting back down, Zhang Bei steered the conversation to the biological brain server he was working on.

The eight members of the brain-computer interface research team stood quietly around, like a group of elementary school students.

“Gray fog scene, orange streetlights!” After Zhang Heping finished probing the biological brain server with his mental power, he severed the contact between the biological brain and the brain-computer interface. “Tell me your idea for designing this dream.”

Zhang Bei said somewhat embarrassedly, "I originally wanted to build a dark dreamscape, but this sheep brain was a bit too active, and I couldn't completely hypnotize it, so in the end it turned into a gray fog scene."

Zhang Heping continued, "If one hypnosis attempt fails, you can try again. Didn't you continue trying?"

Zhang Bei hurriedly explained, "I originally wanted to try it, but Grandpa Zhao suggested that we take it to the neurology department first, let the person in a vegetative state try this gray fog scene, and then compare it with the night scene to see which one is more suitable for treating the person in a vegetative state."

Zhang Heping nodded and commented, "This dream was well done. The patterns on the streetlights are very realistic, but the light is a bit too bright. What do you think?"

“Xu Ning and Li Tong said the lighting wasn’t dim enough and it looked a bit fake!” Zhang Bei explained, “When I was creating the dream, I was thinking of the streetlights outside the university dormitory, but I didn’t expect the scene to turn into a gray fog.”

"If we had thought about the lights on the tree-lined avenue at night, it wouldn't be this bright."

Upon hearing that his eldest son, Zhang Bei, had found a way to improve the situation, Zhang Heping stopped talking about the biological brain server. Instead, he looked at the eight young men and women around him and casually asked, "Did you all see your families when you returned to Shenzhen this time?"

"Hmm!" the group responded casually.

“You can see arranging for your relatives to stay at Shenzhen Peace Academy as protecting them, or you can see it as treating them as our hostages,” Zhang Heping said slowly.

"After studying with you for so long, you should all be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of mental power."

"If you want to withdraw now, it's not too late. At most, you can sign a confidentiality agreement and you won't have to leave the country in the future."

"Don't rush to answer, let me finish!" Zhang Heping waved his hand and continued, "If you insist on staying, you may have to receive ideological and moral education in the virtual dream world."

"To put it simply, you can think of it as hypnosis!"

...(End of chapter)