Break out of the courtyard

Zhang Heping suggested to Mr. Li and Director Wang that the purpose of sending teachers to conduct patriotic education in the virtual learning dream was understood by most of the people present.

To put it bluntly, it's hypnosis!

The use of brain-computer interfaces for hypnosis is currently a very sensitive issue.

In particular, many people are paying attention to whether Zhang Heping used brain-computer interface hypnosis!

It's not that Zhang Heping is suspicious; it's just that the brain-computer interface equipment used for the 7th Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in the capital was for a massive 10,000-person event.

Zhang Heping suspects that the experience of teachers and students from universities in the capital before the party was a test by some people to see if Zhang Heping would take the opportunity to hypnotize them.

It's worth noting that in just a few days, almost all the teachers and students from universities in the capital came to experience it, with nearly 200 million people participating!
If Zhang Heping takes the opportunity to hypnotize these highly educated intellectuals, he could gain more than a million followers in a short period of time.

Unfortunately, those people didn't understand the brain-computer interface hypnosis mechanism that Zhang Heping was developing.

Unlike the Ruomu Brain Machine at the Sanxingdui underground base, it doesn't work directly. Instead, it requires a gradual, cumulative effect, like slowly boiling a frog in water, to influence the subconscious of the user in order to achieve the so-called hypnosis.

For example, if an adult experiences the Nanjing Fallen Virtual Dreamland only once and then never experiences it again, it's a different story.

So this person's hatred for the Japanese islanders will only exist in their subconscious, and only when they encounter specific events or things in the future will they be able to awaken some of this memory.

If it were those virtual reality game enthusiasts who constantly experienced the fall of Nanjing, they would have the desire to kill the Japanese invaders and avenge their deaths etched into their very bones!
Hua Lao got up and made a few phone calls, then called Zhang Yi aside to inquire about the situation inside the Brain-Computer Interaction Research Institute.

Zhang Yi's brain-computer interface research institute later added more people.

Because it was an institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhang Heping, Secretary Chen, Qian Xuesen, and others no longer interfered with their review of new recruits.

Then, problems arose!

The leak occurred because 26 of the 50 people recruited in the third batch participated in the internal research project communication meeting held by Zhang Heping, and thus saw the hover motorcycle.

Two men and one woman among them revealed the hovercraft to the new recruits in the fourth and fifth batches, respectively.

In the fifth batch, a young man revealed this to his superior and received 10 yuan.

This kid also suffered from inexperience; he actually transferred 10 yuan to his mother through the bank, and then he was exposed.

Following this lead, they found his superior and the man's activities in the capital.

That's right!

The leaker was recommended to the Brain-Computer Intervention Research Institute by someone in the capital...

In fact, Zhang Heping had anticipated this, believing that as the opening up continued, more and more people would "look to money"!
While Hua was dealing with the leak, Zhang Heping began to look at the documents sent by the Americans.

“Heh…” When Zhang Heping saw the semiconductor data provided by the Americans, he couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh.

"What are your thoughts on this information, He Ping?" Old Li asked at the opportune moment.

"The US says in this document that the chip manufacturing process is only 350 nanometers, but the chips used in the computers and servers in their Department of Defense have a manufacturing process of at least 200 nanometers!" Although Zhang Heping did not mention that he had hacked into the US Department of Defense's computers, Li Lao and the others could guess the clue from his words.

Old Li thought for a moment and asked, "You mean, the Americans are showing weakness to us?"

Zhang Heping nodded slightly. "When the Americans entered the Dream Library in Hong Kong, they specifically searched for semiconductor-related technologies, but I didn't give them access to that information at the time."

"However, when the virtual learning dreamland was opened to the public in Suzhou and Shenzhen, 83527 people viewed books related to semiconductors."

Zhang Heping stopped there and didn't continue.

Nevertheless, Mr. Li and Director Wang still suspected that some of the more than 8 people might have leaked semiconductor technology to the Americans.

"Peace, isn't it difficult to remember the information in that virtual learning dream?" Director Wang frowned and said, "Can you confirm who has memorized the semiconductor technology so we can send someone to find them and have them sign confidentiality agreements!"

Director Wang's idea was simple: there must be very few people who could remember semiconductor technology in a virtual learning dream, so finding them should be easy.

“I can’t be sure!” Zhang Heping said while flipping through the documents, “You’ve all entered that virtual learning dream, and whoever goes in, you all end up as a scarecrow.”

"I can only see how many scarecrows have consulted semiconductor-related books through the memories of the regenerated brain, but I cannot identify who they are."

After a moment of silence, when Elder Hua returned, Zhang Heping put down the documents and invited everyone to start eating.

"Heping, I saw you looking at the documents just now." After taking a couple of bites, Old Hua put down his chopsticks, looked at Zhang Heping, and asked, "Do you think there are any projects among these that are worth cooperating with the Americans on?"

"Apart from that hammer, the other items are worthless," Zhang Heping replied casually.
Hua Lao seemed to have expected Zhang Heping's answer, so he wasn't surprised. Instead, he continued to ask, "Then what do you think about us exchanging our old technology with the Americans for cooperation?"

"Not good at all!" Zhang Heping glanced at Hua Lao and said indifferently, "Think about how the Americans promised to cooperate with China on aerospace projects, but the experts that China sent couldn't even get through the gates of their aerospace base."

"Think about those students sent to the US, who were restricted by US universities to studying literature, not science and engineering, and not allowed to enter related laboratories. Don't tell me you've all forgotten!"

Zhang Heping's words made Hua Lao's expression freeze for a moment!
As the president of the World Advanced Technology Research Institute, Zhang Heping was actually quite restrained in saying these words.

In the past, Zhang Heping would probably have drawn a clear line, leaving those in China who wanted to cooperate to do so on their own.

"A small act of impatience can ruin a great plan!" Old Hua said with a frown. "If we want to join the WTO, we will inevitably have to make concessions in some areas."

"Although the domestic economy looks better and better, the potential risk of inflation is getting higher and higher..."

Hua Lao talked on and on, but Zhang Heping didn't respond at all, only focusing on eating. This made Hua Lao, Li Lao, and others realize that Zhang Heping would not easily share technology with the United States!
Considering Zhang Heping's previous proposal of technological competition, and the space competition that Peace Aerospace is currently provoking, Hua Lao also fell silent.

After the banquet, Zhang Heping took his family home first, leaving Mr. Hua, Mr. Li, and others standing at the restaurant entrance.

"He Ping just mentioned something, but you were on the phone and didn't hear it," Old Li said, recounting to Old Hua how the Americans might have mastered the 200-nanometer chip manufacturing process and how they could access semiconductor information in the virtual learning dream library.

Hua Lao picked up the photocopy of the documents Zhang Heping had returned to him, flipped to the section on semiconductors, glanced at it briefly, and frowned, saying, "At this afternoon's meeting, many people opposed opening up semiconductor technology to the Americans."

"Since Peace said that, could it be a reminder that even if we don't open up semiconductor technology, someone will still leak secrets to the Americans?"

"Professor Hua!" Director Wang, standing to the side, asked in a deep voice, "Is the person who leaked the levitation technology really from the brain-computer interface research team?"

Hua nodded, becoming even more certain that semiconductor technology could very well have been leaked to the Americans by others.

"Should we go to School D and ask for a few teachers?" Director Wang's thoughts were clearly on a different wavelength from Elder Hua's.

……

When Zhang Heping and his family were taking a walk to digest their food and slowly returned to the north bank of Houhai Lake, they were surprised to find two old classmates standing at their doorstep.

"What brings you two old classmates here today?" Zhang Heping greeted the man and woman at the door with a smile.

The male student guarding the door was named Tang Weiguo, who previously worked as a secretary in the central office.

For a period of time, he would take Zhang Heping to attend policy discussion meetings.

However, on one occasion, Zhang Heping asked Tang Weiguo who had a problem with him, but the guy didn't say.

At this point, Zhang Heping had seen through this kid! The female classmate next to him was Ye Juan, the former class's entertainment committee member, who now works at CCTV and usually takes good care of her niece, Zhou Xiaochun.

In addition, she had a good relationship with Liu Yuan, so she was quite familiar with Zhang Heping's recent situation.

"Old Tang insisted on treating me to a big meal today, and ended up tricking me into coming here!" Ye Juan said jokingly, explaining the main person who had come.

"Aunt Juan!" Zhou Xiaochun greeted her as she came over.

Seeing that his nephew Chang Xing had already opened the courtyard gate, Zhang Heping smiled and invited his two old classmates into the house.

For some reason, Tang Weiguo exchanged a few polite words with Zhang Heping and then fell silent.

Ye Juan, on the other hand, seemed much more cheerful when she asked Zhang Heping for help. "Xiaochun, where is your room?"

After speaking, Zhou Xiaochun glanced at her cousin Zhang Heping, and then led Ye Juan upstairs on the left.

As the Zhang, Chang, Ma, and Zhou families dispersed, Tang Weiguo chuckled and said something seemingly pointless, "Your family really has a lot of people!"

“It’ll be more fun living together!” Zhang Heping replied casually, then invited the other person to the third floor, where they would play pool and talk.

As expected of someone who got into the Central Office, Tang Weiguo actually kept his thoughts to himself and played three games with Zhang Heping before finally revealing his purpose.

He couldn't stay silent, because Zhang Heping would gossip while playing billiards, such as whether so-and-so's son had obtained American citizenship, or whether so-and-so's granddaughter had gone to Hong Kong Island to start a company and had consulted with Tingmei Trading.

The people Zhang Heping mentioned were actually acquaintances of Hua Lao and Li Lao, but Zhang Heping never asked Hua Lao or Li Lao about such gossip.

Tang Weiguo didn't want to talk about such gossip, because if it were leaked, it would affect his future and make people think that he was loose-lipped and unreliable.

But today, he took Zhang Heping's words and confirmed from him that some people's descendants had gone abroad.

Seeing that Zhang Heping was asking more and more questions, Tang Weiguo finally spoke up, "Heping, I have something I'd like to ask you for help with!"

"Tell me!" Zhang Heping tried to probe Tang Weiguo with gossip, but unexpectedly, the guy sold out all those people's private affairs.

Judging from this, what they want is quite substantial!
"I was planning to tell you about this at the class reunion at the beginning of the year, but you didn't come back!" Tang Weiguo tried to win him over by bringing up their friendship, but Zhang Heping was focused on the billiards and didn't respond.

"When Liu Yuan attended the class reunion, she told us about the application rules for the Lifespan 120 potion," Tang Weiguo licked his lips and continued:

"Actually, we all checked the application rules for the Lifespan 120 potion online. I also know that once some rules are set, countless eyes are watching, and if you open a back door, it will cause a lot of trouble."

Zhang Heping ignored the other party's nonsense and slowly pocketed the balls one by one.

“Well… my former boss has cancer!” Tang Weiguo finally got to the point after rambling on for a while, “He actually meets the requirements for applying for the Lifespan 120 drug, but he doesn’t want to retire because of the Lifespan 120 injection…”

In recent years, some retired elderly people who have been injected with the Longevity 120 drug have proposed to return to their posts and continue to contribute their talents, which has triggered a number of new and old conflicts.

There are only so many positions. If the old ones don't go, how will the new ones come up?

Seeing that the production of Shouyuan 120 medicine was increasing month by month, and that the longer this matter was delayed, the more troublesome it would become, Hua Lao, Li Lao, and others took the lead and volunteered not to return to work.

Then, under the organization and promotion of Hua Lao and his colleagues, a series of supplementary agreements for the use of the Lifespan 120 drug were finally finalized.

For example, if an employee receives treatment with Life 120 medication due to cancer, stroke, or paralysis, they must retire and wait to apply for medical retirement!

After Tang Weiguo finished speaking, Zhang Heping calmly finished the last two balls in one shot, then asked while picking them up, "You want me to secretly give him drugs?"

"Hmm!" Tang Weiguo nodded slightly, then hurriedly went forward to pick up the billiard balls from the bag.

Zhang Heping stood at the other end of the pool table, using his cue to gather the balls on the table in front of him. He casually shaped the pile of balls into a triangle and pushed it forward more than 20 centimeters.

Under Tang Weiguo's expectant gaze, Zhang Heping took the white ball, placed it on the teeing position, glanced at it casually, and then hit the first shot.

This one shot, however, left Tang Weiguo somewhat taken aback!

Because Zhang Heping cleared the table with just one shot, pocketing all those fancy balls!
This made Tang Weiguo, who had fed the ball to Zhang Heping for three consecutive games, suddenly realize that Zhang Heping had been letting him win the game.

"Let's go for a walk!" Zhang Heping put down his golf club, told Tang Weiguo to go downstairs to wash his hands, and then walked towards the door as dusk fell.

Tang Weiguo was somewhat agitated, because if Zhang Heping refused, he wouldn't waste his breath talking to him.

Asking him to leave clearly meant that there were some things that were inappropriate to say at home, since people were constantly coming and going up and down the stairs.

Although they didn't deliberately approach the public rest area on the third floor, it doesn't mean they couldn't hear.

Standing by Houhai Lake, Zhang Heping stood with his hands behind his back, looking at his three-story house that occupied five courtyards. Without turning his head, he said to Tang Weiguo beside him:
"Before, when we had barbecues on this rooftop, no one ever thought to take a picture!"

"Now that the house is demolished, so many memories are gone forever!"

When Tang Weiguo heard Zhang Heping mention barbecue, he recalled the time when Zhang Heping had hunted game and invited his classmates to barbecue on the roof of his family's courtyard gatehouse.

Back then, the Zhang family's gatehouse was built like a pillbox, with a wall built on top of it.

However, when Zhang Heping mentioned that the memories couldn't be retrieved, Tang Weiguo's sensitive little mind immediately guessed that Zhang Heping was using this method to tell him that he didn't want to talk about feelings in this matter.

As Zhang Heping stood silently to the side, seemingly reminiscing about his student days, Tang Weiguo immediately realized that he had guessed correctly!
That makes sense, since his superiors have absolutely no connection with Zhang Heping. Plus, Zhang Heping is very close to people like Hua Lao and Li Lao, so it doesn't matter if he ignores this matter, because Zhang Heping doesn't lack such connections.

Tang Weiguo glanced around, leaned closer to Zhang Heping, covered his mouth, and whispered, "The personnel preparations for Hong Kong Island are about to begin. Do you think we should let Sister Zhang stay in Hong Kong Island?"

"What about the compensation?" Zhang Heping finally responded.

Zhang Heping was naturally aware of the preparations for the administrative personnel appointments on Hong Kong Island, and Hua Lao had even inquired about his intentions.

However, if he agrees to become the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, he will have to give up many of the group's interests, especially the security company that protects him, which is obviously not worth it!

The key point is that wherever the capital wants to transfer him in the future, Zhang Heping will have no choice but to go, thus becoming subject to others' control for no reason!

"Si!" Tang Weiguo's reply was concise and to the point.

But Zhang Heping remained silent for a long time, so Tang Weiguo hurriedly added, "This involves many people and things. We can only go with the flow to this point. In a few years, we can push it further depending on the situation!"

Director!

Zhang Heping was also confident in pushing his second sister to this position, but the next step was not easy!
Therefore, Zhang Heping simply weighed the pros and cons and accepted the matter, thinking that having more friends meant having more options.

Of course, the main reason is that in Zhang Heping's eyes, the Lifespan 120 potion was just a tool.

"Bring him here tonight, I need to stabilize his condition first," Zhang Heping said calmly.

"After it's done, I'll get him a Lifespan 120 potion from Hong Kong Island, without using the quota from Shenzhen!"

...(End of chapter)