Break out of the courtyard

Faced with Zhang Heping's sudden urging to have a child, even Liu Yuan, who was over forty, couldn't help but blush.

“I’m not joking with you two!” Zhang Heping looked at Secretary Liang from the Shenzhen Municipal Government Office and said with a smile, “Huang Wenli, you should know her. She’s an old classmate of mine and Liu Yuan’s.”

Seeing Secretary Liang nod, Zhang Heping continued, "When she came over a couple of days ago, I even urged her to get married in front of her father."

"Among these old classmates, only Liu Yuan and she haven't had children yet."

Secretary Liang wasn't Zhang Heping's old classmate, and since she didn't see him often, she felt a bit awkward. "Advisor Zhang, those three projects..."

"Didn't I just say that?" Zhang Heping said with a smile, "If you get pregnant, Heping Group will invest money!"

"If you want to speed things up, turn left after you leave the school and go to the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital for a consultation."

Just then, Chen Shuting came over with a fruit platter. "Secretary Liang, it's been a long time since you've visited. Don't you believe my husband's promise?"

"No! No!" Secretary Liang hurriedly stood up to explain, "President Chen, Consultant Zhang, please don't misunderstand, that's not what I meant!"

Seeing her husband so excited, Liu Yuan couldn't help but tug at him, "Shuting is just joking with you, why are you so excited!"

"Have some fruit!" Chen Shuting placed the fruit plate on the coffee table, then sat down on the sofa next to Zhang Heping.

"By the way, Peace!" Liu Yuan didn't want her man to keep dwelling on those three projects, so she changed the subject, "Are you free to attend the reunion mentioned in the class group chat?"

Someone in the group asked Zhang Heping about this issue, but Zhang Heping pretended not to see it and didn't reply.

When Liu Yuan asked her about it directly, she guessed that someone had asked her about it and probably wanted something from her.

Zhang Heping laughed and said, "I have a lot of things to do later, so I probably won't have time to go to the capital. If you go to the party, you'll have to explain for me and invite them to visit Shenzhen."

After chatting about everyday things, Liu Yuan took her husband and left.

After leaving the villa area, Liang Kai asked in confusion, "Didn't you say that a classmate wanted to ask Consultant Zhang for medicine? Why didn't you mention it earlier?"

"I did mention it!" Liu Yuan replied casually.

"You mentioned it? When? I didn't hear it?" Liang Kai asked three times in a row, his brows furrowed, unable to recall when Liu Yuan had mentioned it.

"People in the class group have been asking if Heping is coming back to the capital for the class reunion, but he hasn't replied," Liu Yuan patiently explained.
"I just asked him if he was free to attend the class reunion, and he said he was busy. Then he invited his classmates to visit Shenzhen. Do you understand?"

Liang Kai frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "You mean, Consultant Zhang guessed that a classmate wanted to see him and wanted to invite that classmate to Shenzhen through you?"

"That's pretty much the gist of it." Liu Yuan took her husband Liang Kai's left arm and said in a complicated tone, "When those classmates left Xishuangbanna back then, it was like they were fleeing a disaster. Not one of them thought of using connections to transfer Heping along with them."

"Now when people come to us for help, they all remember what happened back then and are too embarrassed to ask directly for fear of being rejected."

"Actually, what Heping thinks is not as complicated as they think."

"Isn't this complicated enough?" Liang Kai chuckled. "If you don't explain it to me, I won't understand any of the intricacies."

Liu Yuan didn't continue, because she knew that Zhang Heping had another intention: to ask her to explain the application rules for the Lifespan 120 drug when she attended the class reunion.

Only if a student truly needs the invitation can they be invited to the Peace Hotel in Shenzhen!

"Aren't you going home?" Liu Yuan asked, puzzled, as the two arrived at the apartment building.

This time, Liang Kai spoke in a complicated tone, "Let's go to the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital for a check-up."

……

As the Lunar New Year approached, Chang Sheng, the eldest brother-in-law, brought Chang Wen, Chang Xing, Chang Qing, Zhang Ting, and others to Shenzhen. They also brought new clothes that his cousin Ma Lili had made for Zhang Heping's family as a way of thanking Zhang Heping for curing her father and making her parents look younger.

Chang Le is still waiting in line for a plane in Northwest China and will be able to come a day or two later. I heard that he will also be bringing his girlfriend with him.

My second sister and her husband have to work until the afternoon of the 29th before they get their day off. However, they can come to Shenzhen by car or boat every afternoon, so they don't mind the short time during the day.

This year, without Ma Xiuzhen's promise, Changxing's father-in-law's family did not come along. Only Tan Ying brought her six-month-old daughter, Chang Hui, to Shenzhen for the New Year's Eve reunion.

However, Zhang Yi's father-in-law, Luo Wen, went to the controlled nuclear fusion device experimental base on Dapeng Peninsula as soon as winter vacation started. He didn't come to Shenzhen Peace College until all the experimental staff there were on vacation, to greet the Zhang family and stay for the New Year.

With a group of young people from the Zhang, Chang, Hua, and Li families gathered together, the simple virtual dream games in the basement naturally held little appeal for them.

They originally wanted Zhang Bei to go to the Hong Kong Peace Academy to bring back the virtual dream game brain regeneration device based on the Korean War, but Zhang Heping disagreed because the application process there was very popular, with a waiting list of two months.

However, Zhang Heping went to the laboratory and retrieved a regenerated brain, which he used to reconstruct the previously controversial sixth campaign of the Korean War, naming it: The Korean War: Fighting and Talking Simultaneously.

When Zhang Heping took out the regenerative brain server, it excited not only the young people, but also Elder Hua, Elder Li, and Grandma Zheng, who all wanted to try it out, not to mention Elder Zhang and Company Commander Zhao.

"Before I hand over this virtual dream game to you, I have to ask you a question!" Zhang Heping pressed down on the glass jar of the regenerative brain server, looked at the group of young people who had crawled out of the basement, and asked in a serious tone:

How long did the second phase of the Korean War, involving both fighting and negotiations, last?

"Two years and 17 days!" a female voice answered without hesitation.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Zhou Xirou, the grandniece of Old Mrs. Zheng, who was answering the question.

When Mr. Hua, Mr. Li, and Mrs. Zheng came to celebrate the New Year, they all brought some of their younger relatives with them. Their intentions were obvious, and the Zhang family was happy to see more interaction among the younger generation.

Zhang Heping nodded and said, "It's impossible for you to experience all of this in just over two years during the Spring Festival holiday, so I used the dream zoning method to divide the battles and negotiations from different periods into different areas and conduct them simultaneously."

"You can experience them in chronological order, or you can choose to join the battles that interest you. Just remember to bring your brain-boosting fluids!"

After speaking, Zhang Heping let Zhang Bei take away the regenerative brain server. As for the brain-computer interface and the venue, they would naturally have a way to handle them.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Bei and the others left, Zhang Yi started making phone calls, instructing all members of the brain-computer interface research team who were not home to go to the warehouse to collect 500 sets of brain-computer interface equipment and then install them in the indoor stadium.

Zhang Nan then called some people to the neighboring Heping Hospital and bought a bunch of brain-boosting liquids out of his own pocket.

Although the hospital is their own property, they still have to pay according to the rules to avoid financial problems.

Before the equipment at the indoor gymnasium was even installed, staff and family members from the Peace Academy gathered around upon hearing the news.

The virtual learning dreamscape in the library is very attractive to the experts, professors, and assistants, but has limited appeal to their families.

Therefore, when they heard that a virtual reality game depicting the Korean War was going to be added to the indoor stadium, they all showed great interest.

As for the capacity limit of this regenerative brain server, after confirming with his third uncle Zhang Heping, Zhang Yi conservatively added only 100 brain-computer interface devices, which can then be used to experience 600 people at the same time.

The commotion at the indoor gymnasium naturally attracted the attention of the brain-computer interface experts. However, compared to the war game, they were more concerned about Zhang Heping's research plans after the New Year, wondering if his trip to the Sanxingdui underground base had yielded any new insights.

Time passed by unnoticed, and it was January 30th, Lunar New Year's Eve.

When it was time to make dumplings in the afternoon, Zhang Heping had to go to the indoor gymnasium to call people at his mother Ma Xiuzhen's request. He also took the people who were experiencing the virtual learning dream at the library home on the way.

After Zhang Heping locked the two sets of regenerative brain servers into the tin room in the basement, the campus became much more lively.

While making dumplings, the young people chattered about their experiences in a virtual dream of the Korean War. Some said they killed a lot of UN troops, some said they were learning to drive tanks, and some even randomly became negotiators.

Old Hua, Old Li, Old Zhang, Company Commander Zhao, and others stood by the artificial lake, smoking and chatting about their feelings and past experiences.

Zhang Heping didn't go to make dumplings; he's currently on the side taking care of the kids and performing magic tricks for them.

Years later, when Zhang Heping recalled this period, he would always say that these were his last days of leisure.

As this leisurely day passed, the next day marked the first day of the Lunar New Year, with people exchanging New Year's greetings, giving out red envelopes, and going shopping. It wasn't until the second day that the two sets of regenerative brain servers were released.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the experts and professors who had been waiting impatiently pulled Zhang Heping to the library, where they finally learned about Zhang Heping's next research plan in a virtual learning dream.

However, after they left the virtual learning dream, they forgot most of the research plan that Zhang Heping had mentioned.

All they remembered was that Zhang Heping materialized a starship in the virtual learning dream and explained the development direction of many of its components.

Although these experts and professors didn't remember everything Zhang Heping said, they were satisfied with their curiosity and knew that the next research was related to that spaceship. So they didn't bother Zhang Heping anymore and planned to wait until after the Spring Festival holiday.

But when this matter reached the ears of Elder Hua and Elder Li, it was elevated to a higher level, and they immediately found Zhang Heping and held a communication meeting.

Then, Zhang Heping called some people to the underground base to prepare some explanatory props using 3D printers.

Explaining things in a virtual dream world is actually the most convenient, as Zhang Heping can materialize everything he can think of.

However, holding meetings in virtual dreams requires a high level of mental strength from the participants. If their mental strength is too weak, they will be unable to convert effective brainwave mappings, which will lead to them not being able to remember what happened in the virtual dream.

If we use the Ruomu Divine Tree to create an illusion for meetings and explanations, then there won't be any problems with this.

However, the Ruomu Divine Tree itself is a problem because it requires too much energy!
Furthermore, Zhang Heping could not find the materials to create the Ruomu Divine Tree on Earth.

Therefore, the simplest way is to explain it in a real-world meeting, and then reinforce the impression in a virtual learning dream. After doing this a few times, you will remember it.

After Zhang Heping got busy, his brother-in-law Chang Sheng, his niece Chang Wen, and others returned to the capital and resumed their work routine after the Lunar New Year.

Zhang Heping mentioned this to Hua Lao, saying that a seven-day holiday for the Spring Festival and National Day would help boost consumption and stimulate the economy. I don't know if they listened to him or not.

February 3rd, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

The indoor gymnasium of Shenzhen Peace College is hosting an internal expert meeting.

Calling it an internal meeting isn't entirely accurate, because this time there were also some experts from the Sanxingdui underground base attending as observers.

"Let me first explain what happened during the last flight!" Zhang Heping, holding a microphone, stood in the arena, looking at the men, women, and children in the audience, and smiled:
"Does anyone have their guess? If they're right, I can let him experience what it's like to fly."

Before he finished speaking, most of the experts raised their hands, except for the experts from the Sanxingdui underground base who didn't understand the situation.

“Then let’s respect the elderly and care for the young…” Zhang Heping held the microphone in his left hand and stretched his right hand in one direction, smiling, “Professor Li, please guess first!”

Professor Li, who is 97 years old, looks only in his 60s after using the Longevity 120 medicine.

A microphone floated in the air and quickly flew to Professor Li's front.

After receiving the microphone, Professor Li smiled and looked at the experts around him, saying, "They've all handed me the answer. If I still can't guess it, I should pack my bags and go home to retire!"

This remark drew a burst of friendly laughter from those around, followed by Professor Li's reply of three words: "Mental strength!"

“The answer is that simple!” Zhang Heping replied with a smile, then asked Professor Li, “Professor Li, would you like to try it? Otherwise, some people might say I’m spouting mystical theories!”

"It must be some kind of metaphysics, haha!"

"This is practically like riding the wind; it's hard to explain without some kind of metaphysics!"

Amidst the cheers from those around him, Professor Li nodded expectantly, "Then let's give it a try!"

A seatbelt, binding the shoulders, chest, abdomen, and hips, was magically delivered to Professor Li by Zhang Heping's mental power. Zhang Heping then explained:

"To avoid any accidents, Professor Li, please wear this seat belt."

With the help of the two professors on either side, Professor Li quickly put on the seatbelt with the hidden metal plate inside.

Based on the microphone and safety belt that had just flown by, as well as what Zhang Heping and the others had said, the experts from Sanxingdui roughly guessed what they were planning to do.

If this had happened before the meeting, they probably wouldn't have believed it, even if they had a levitation device that could make the spaceship float!
The main problem is that this kind of thing is beyond their understanding. If we don't get to the bottom of things, it's hard to convince them.

"Relax!" Zhang Heping reminded him, then used his mental power to lift Professor Li up, fly around the inside of the stadium, and finally place him in the aisle of the front row of the audience seats so that others could check whether Professor Li's seat belt was being held up by a thin rope.

Zhang Heping waited a while before having someone throw down the seatbelt. "Alright, let's get down to business!"

"The upcoming spacecraft research will be extremely expensive!" Zhang Heping said, glancing at his mistress Chen Shuting sitting in the front row, and chuckled.

"Including the construction of the lunar base, space dock, related defense facilities, and personnel training, it is conservatively estimated that it will require 30 trillion RMB!"

wow...

The audience immediately became noisy, seemingly forgetting all about meeting rules.

Zhang Heping used his mental power to retrieve a teacup, took a slow sip, and only returned to silence when Elder Hua and Elder Qian called for him to stop.

"Don't get excited! I haven't finished yet!" Zhang Heping said with a grin, "The 30 trillion is just for infrastructure construction. There are also maintenance costs, as well as interstellar spacecraft research and development costs, manufacturing costs, and so on!"

"This is a bottomless pit!" someone in the audience murmured.

“That’s right! It’s a bottomless pit!” Zhang Heping laughed. “But let’s talk about that now, let’s talk about something more practical: making money!”

"This is a hover motorcycle!"

As Zhang Heping's voice faded, Zhang Hu, who had been waiting in the passageway, couldn't help but shout "Whoa!" and then rode out on a two-wheeled motorcycle that hovered more than ten centimeters above the ground... (End of Chapter)