Break out of the courtyard

When Zhang Heping explained the background, Hua Lao could still understand.

However, when Zhang Heping explained the principle of spatial locking and then presented a bunch of calculation formulas, he couldn't understand it at all. He could only look around, trying to catch a few guys taking pictures with their phones.

In fact, many of the more than two thousand teachers and students present did not understand what was being said, as they were mostly just there for the sake of it, given their different majors.

But most people, driven by curiosity about new technologies and disciplines, listened attentively and took notes.

There was no video recording, but there should have been audio recording, since it wouldn't be easily noticed if it was in a pocket.

After looking around and not finding anyone using a mobile phone, Mr. Hua began to ponder Zhang Heping's purpose in hosting a banquet for Hong Kong's elites on Hong Kong Island today.

Arrange for Cheung Pan-tai to observe government affairs at the Department of Justice on Hong Kong Island!
When Mr. Hua heard this information, he immediately thought of the position in the Department of Justice.

Although Mr. Hua was not involved in the personnel appointments in Hong Kong, he had heard some news and understood that Zhang Heping was planning for his second sister.

Then, recalling Zhang Heping's last trip back to the capital and the person from the central region he met, many things began to connect.

……

The capital city, Changping.

Even Zhang Heping couldn't have imagined that his second sister, Zhang Pandi, would arrange to meet Tang Weiguo and the others in a private room at a small restaurant in Changping, making it seem like an underground rendezvous.

Zhang Pandi and her older sister attended a vocational school in Changping. They haven't been here for decades and she no longer recognizes the roads.

Fortunately, with the Peace Navigation system, there's no fear of driving into the wrong place.

Chang Sheng, the eldest brother-in-law, sat in the passenger seat and quietly shared his opinion on the central leader.

It is worth mentioning that Chang Sheng accepted a job transfer in August and is now the director of the Central Archives, a higher position than before.

"Brother-in-law, once you're promoted to the level of a full-fledged department head, it'll be difficult to get promoted again unless you seek a transfer!" Zhang Pandi said casually, changing the subject as she gripped the steering wheel.

Chang Sheng lowered the car window slightly to let in some fresh air. "That makes sense, but I was just transferred here, and now they want to transfer me again? It doesn't feel right!"

“You’re 52 years old this year, you still have a chance to be promoted one or two levels!” Zhang Pandi turned to look at Chang Sheng, seeing that he didn’t seem to care much.

“My dad’s comrade-in-arms, Uncle Huang Xuemin, came to see me not long ago!” Chang Sheng looked at the pedestrians in front of him and lowered his voice a few decibels. “He thought I was still in the Municipal Bureau and asked me if I wanted to go to Wucheng to develop my career, but I didn’t agree.”

“I was recently looking through documents in the archives and saw a lot of resumes and family backgrounds of young people. I was thinking to myself, shouldn’t we pay more attention to the career planning of Xiaowen and Xiaoting?”

Zhang Pandi said dismissively, "If our generation doesn't lay a solid foundation, how can they climb high?"

"However, we really need to make some plans for Chang Xing. His relationship with their bureau chief is no secret. If he continues to stay in the tobacco system, his promotion will be criticized by others."

Chang Sheng nodded silently, and after a while asked, "Are you and Zhang Yong planning to stay in Hong Kong Island indefinitely?"

“Probably not!” Zhang Pandi glanced at her phone’s navigation before continuing, “If I go to the Department of Justice, I’ll at most play a supporting role in stabilizing the transition. I’ll probably be transferred after two or three years.”

Zhang Pandi thought about it for a day and roughly guessed that her third brother wanted her to stick to the Department of Justice's logic of maintaining stability!
There are many destabilizing factors in Hong Kong Island, and frankly speaking, the Cheung family, the richest family in Hong Kong Island, is one of them!
"Will you be transferred back to the capital then?" Chang Sheng looked at Zhang Pandi with slight surprise, wondering how she had come to those conclusions.

"It could also be Shenzhen or Huadu; we'll have to see how things go then." Zhang Pandi slowed down and began peering out to check the restaurant signs along the roadside. ...

While Zhang Pandi and Chang Sheng were out socializing, Zhang Heping's explanation was coming to an end, and he began to answer everyone's questions.

The space locking technology is quite advanced. If Zhang Heping hadn't obtained it through a cheat, Earth's technology might have taken decades to develop before it could even scratch the surface of space technology.

Therefore, the questions asked by the teachers and students in the audience were relatively simple, mostly asking about professional terms they hadn't understood before, or related calculation formulas.

After the explanation of the indoor stadium was finished, Hua pulled Qian, who had only understood a small part of the content, to the administration building to start a video call and report the situation in Shenzhen to the capital.

Meanwhile, although Zhang Heping's conversation with the foreign scientists this afternoon was not relayed to the United States verbatim, he did manage to convey most of the information, which was enough to attract the attention of relevant personnel in the United States.

The following day, before the foreign affairs personnel in the capital could even speak, the US representative inquired about the technology, "Mr. Tang, if your side were to cooperate with us in researching the levitation hammer, could you share the spatial locking technology you possess?"

"Mr. Anderson, I only heard yesterday that Mr. Zhang is researching space-locking technology, and he even gave a public lecture to a group of teachers and students last night, introducing this new technology." The foreign affairs negotiator immediately changed his tone, smiling slightly.
"If you are interested, after the negotiations are over and both parties reach a cooperation agreement, I will take some time to inquire for you about when Mr. Zhang will give his next public lecture on space locking technology."

"Can I ask now?" the US representative Anderson asked eagerly, but realized a second later that he had been too hasty.

The foreign affairs negotiator smiled and remained silent, just as he had previously refused to answer questions about whether he could share classified technologies such as the Lifespan 120 drug, regeneration repair fluid, and brain-computer interface, using silence to deny the other party's questions.

The meeting room was quiet for a moment before the US representative spoke again, "Mr. Tang, if you could arrange for our scholars to attend a course on space-locking technology, I think our cooperation could be finalized very soon."

"Is that so?" The foreign affairs negotiator closed his notebook and smiled. "Then let's stop here for today. I'll report to my superiors and let you know as soon as there are any results."

“Great!” The US representative, Anderson, stood up with a smile and extended his right hand to the Chinese representative across the conference table. “I hope we can reach an in-depth cooperation agreement as soon as possible!”

Although the foreign affairs negotiators were aware that, under the condition of cooperation between the two sides, the World Institute of Advanced Technology would allow scholars from the United States to attend open courses on space-locked technology, they pretended not to know and continued to drag out the pace of negotiations.

If the foreign affairs negotiators agree too readily, who knows what conditions those Americans will change their minds and propose later.

The negotiations were suspended for three days. Through analysis by the space-based computing center, the smart city management centers of the capital and Shenzhen discovered some suspicious individuals who had contact with foreigners.

The delegation from the United States of America did not receive a reply until the evening of October 24th, the day of the solar eclipse:

Once both parties reach a cooperation agreement, and the mainland scholars confirm the collaborative research and development of the levitation hammer at Area 51 in the United States, the US scholars can accompany the mainland scholars to the Shenzhen World Advanced Technology Research Institute to attend Mr. Zhang's public lecture on the principles and applications of space locking technology.

That evening, the US representative reported the matter back to the US.

When the Americans first heard that they could send people to the Shenzhen World Advanced Technology Research Institute, their first thought was to steal the Lifespan 120 drug technology, because they had discovered that the production equipment for Lifespan 120 was located there.

However, based on the analysis of a group of think tanks and the Peace Group's current resistance to Japan Island, Little K ultimately rejected the Special Affairs Bureau's espionage plan.

Of course, two intelligence agents still need to be sent along.

Regardless of what technology to steal, at least we need to understand the current situation inside the Shenzhen World Advanced Technology Research Institute.

Regarding China's accession to the WTO, neither side in the negotiations mentioned this additional condition for cooperation.

It wasn't until the next day, when proofreading the cooperation agreement, that both parties officially confirmed the latest possible date for mainland China's accession to the WTO... (End of Chapter)