Break out of the courtyard

The experts from the United States who didn't want to leave, along with representatives of teachers and students from universities in Guangdong Province, experienced a virtual learning dream in the library for seven days. During this time, Zhang Heping only passed by the outside of the library a few times and never went in, as if he was avoiding suspicion.

What others didn't know was that, in order to prevent those Americans from going back and defaulting on their debts, and to prevent the mainland expert team from entering Area 51, Zhang Heping had extended his mental energy into the library and, following the brain-computer interfaces attached to the foreheads of those Americans, constructed some false memory fragments for them.

These memory fragments are not mandatory; they merely serve as guidance or suggestion.

For example, several Americans discussed that they would learn Chinese from mainland experts after returning to the lab.

For example, a group of Americans got together for drinks and conversation and concluded that only with the help of mainland experts could the research on the levitation hammer be accelerated.

This was the potent hypnosis that Hua Lao and his colleagues were worried about. Although Zhang Heping did it without anyone noticing and did not forcibly change the perceptions of those Americans, it was still enough to terrify the world.

The key point is that Zhang Heping's hypnosis method did not go through a biological brain server, but was done directly through the miniature brain-computer interface in front of the target's forehead.

In other words, if Zhang Heping uses his mental power to control a miniature brain-computer interface and attaches it to the forehead of a target, he can remotely induce hypnosis.

If this were exposed, it would inevitably cause widespread panic, which explains why Zhang Heping vehemently denied it!

Once the outsiders left, Zhang Heping entered the library and went to the computer room on the first floor to add information related to spatial locking technology to the regenerative brain server. He also took the opportunity to check on the teaching results of Li Tong and the other teachers from D School from the past few days.

Even if you include the 10x speedup of perception in the virtual learning dream, it only takes about 80 hours in 7 days.

In that short time, it's impossible for 100 Americans to become fluent in Chinese, but it might help them memorize some phrases.

Unsurprisingly, when Li Tong and his classmates taught Chinese, they used the books on philosophy and morality on the first floor of the Dream Library, which contained a lot of their own biases.

Unfortunately, the time was too short, and the ideological education of those Americans was not very effective.

After a brief inquiry, Zhang Heping went to work on his research project.

Last night, Elder Hua reported the hypnotic effects of Li Tong and his team to the capital via an encrypted line, also mentioning that the production of Lifespan 120 potion would approach 10 doses next month.

Zhang Heping has consistently refused to allow the dispersal of the Lifespan 120 injection, nor has he agreed to increase the Lifespan 120 production line. The reason for this is obvious; he is clearly going against certain people.

By late November, if efforts to increase production lines are not made, the production of Lifespan 120 in January will be capped at 100,000 vials, while more than 20,000 units of blood will remain unused.

If we continue to delay, the pyramid production model proposed by Hua Lao and his colleagues will become ineffective.

Following Secretary Chen's advice, Huadu recently sent three groups of people to Shenzhen to ask Zhang Zhaodi if she wanted to be transferred to a certain department, but Zhang Zhaodi refused all of them.

Zhang Heping spoke frankly to his eldest sister, Zhang Zhaodi, that even if they had to stop producing the Lifespan 120 potion, they would make those people pay the price, so that outsiders wouldn't think that the Zhang family was easy to bully.

The previous production halt had little impact because of the small output and Zhang Heping's requirement to prioritize supplying older scientists, as well as the lack of public announcement of the Lifespan 120 drug.

Things are different now. This year alone, more than 300,000 people have benefited from the injection of Life 120.

If Zhang Heping stops producing the Lifespan 120 potion again, the impact will be at least 100,000 people per month. If their families are included, how big will the impact be?

If Zhang Heping were even more ruthless, he could add a few production lines, give it some publicity, and then abandon the project... Ha...

Of course, discontinuing the production of Lifespan 120 potion will also have a negative impact on Zhang Heping, making it a bad move that hurts the enemy a thousand times but also hurts himself eight hundred times.

Therefore, when Secretary Chen approached Zhang Heping to inquire about increasing the production line for Life 120 medicine, Zhang Heping did not give a direct answer. Instead, the next day, he took his family back to Hong Kong Island to demonstrate his stance through action, rather than making mindless threats.

With the life-extending potion and brain-computer interface technology at his disposal, it's not impossible that Zhang Heping could use the life-extending potion to win over his confidants and use brain-computer interface hypnosis to solidify their loyalty, and even turn back the clock of history to play the game of empire!
After all that, it's really just a game of strategy.

Those who were preventing Zhang Zhaodi from being transferred were not relying on what they said, but on their ability to reverse engineer the lifespan 120 drug.

Ou Mei has always wanted to obtain the Lifespan 120 potion in order to reverse engineer its manufacturing process. However, Zhang Heping has not given them the opportunity. In more than four years, he has not even given them a single Lifespan 120 potion.

However, things were different in China. Zhang Heping did not stop the biological experts in the college from reverse engineering the Lifespan 120 drug. Every month, the Lifespan 120 liquid remaining in the production equipment, as well as the waste liquid from cleaning the production equipment, were all handed over to them for disposal.

Unfortunately, despite their long research, they haven't made any progress.

Zhang Heping's decision to abandon his research in China and take his family to Hong Kong has led many to consider other questions, such as whether he will immigrate abroad.

Zhang Heping brought his family back to Hong Kong Island, not so much to express his stance, but mainly to have miniature gold brain machines implanted between the eyebrows of his two wives and his second and third sons, and also to catch up with acquaintances on Hong Kong Island.

December 1st, Friday.

Tang Xin used her brow-point brain to release her mental energy and peek at the mahjong tiles on the table. While Tang Xin was dominating the game, Zhang Heping, Chairman He, Bao Chuanwang, and others were drinking tea and chatting in Pingba.

"Although the domestic economy is doing very well, quite a few factories have gone bankrupt and been liquidated in the past two years." Chairman He shook his head slightly. "Several times, people have approached me to take over factories, but I haven't dared to do so."

"Luckily you didn't take it!" Chairman Guo replied. "I previously invested in a cement plant in Shanghai, thinking that there were many construction projects there, and I would have an advantage in that location."

"As a result, just a few days after taking over, environmental protection and fire safety inspectors came to check, and production was not allowed if the standards were not met."

"It's been closed for almost two years, and we haven't produced a single bag of cement, but we've still paid out a lot of wages."

"Mr. Zhang has invested so much money in Shanghai. Do you know anyone who can help me out?"

Zhang Heping picked up his teacup and asked with a smile, "Where is your cement factory located in Shanghai?"

“XH District, on the outskirts of the city!” Chairman Guo hurriedly replied.

Zhang Heping took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and said, "The current development focus in Shanghai is Pudong, so where are the future development plans?"

"You've been keeping that cement plant in the loop for almost two years now. The land certificate and everything should be sorted out by now!"

When the others noticed that Chairman Guo was smiling, they realized that he wasn't complaining about being poor, but rather subtly showing off.

"Old Guo, looking at your sleazy face, is the land for that cement factory really that big?" The head of the Li family, who was also in the real estate business, became interested.

"Hehe! Not much! Not much!" Chairman Guo waved his hand with a smile, not revealing any more information to the outside world. After all, the matter had not yet been completed, and he could not show off too much, otherwise he would be plotted against by villains.

Just as the others were pressing Chairman Guo for answers, Bao, the shipping magnate, looked at Zhang Heping and asked, "Don't you think the Hong Kong stock market is too overheated?"

Zhang Heping laughed and said, "If even a layman like you can see that, then it means that the Hong Kong stock market is really overheated."

The shipping magnate said worriedly, "I heard from others that many Japanese people have come to Hong Kong Island to speculate on stocks, threatening to make Hong Kong Island also taste the bitter fruit of a bursting stock market bubble!"

Seeing that everyone's attention had been drawn, Zhang Heping guessed that they wanted to hear whether the Heping Group would intervene to stabilize the Hong Kong stock market. "This round of stock market bubble has indeed inflated quite a bit. The stock prices of the four companies that went public through backdoor listings—Heping Media, Heping Entertainment, Heping Financial Services, and Heping Online Shopping—are already 9 to 12 times their issue price," Zhang Heping said with a smile.
"With such a high price, I don't even want a controlling stake anymore. It's a pity that the relevant shares cannot be traded for the time being."

"Is Mr. Zhang even considering selling his shares?" someone murmured nearby.

Having witnessed the ups and downs of the Hong Kong stock market for so many years, these Hong Kong businessmen surely understand the principle of making money by buying low and selling high.

The problem is that foreign investors have driven the stock price to new highs, and many Hong Kong businessmen who sold their own company's stock have bought it back afterward, hoping to sell it again when the price rises even higher.

Zhang Heping implied that these people should sell when the price was high by saying that he didn't even want controlling stake anymore. However, he didn't directly advise them to sell, mainly to prevent them from blaming Zhang Heping if the stock price continued to rise after they sold.

Therefore, when it comes to stock trading or futures trading, don't make absolute statements, and it's best not to offer advice.

……

After Zhang Heping went to Hong Kong Island, Hua Lao returned to the capital.

Many things cannot be said openly. Once said, they take on a different nature. If the goal is not achieved, not saying them will only leave many hidden dangers.

Take the two issues of why the Lifespan 120 drug is not injected separately or why production lines are not increased!
If the group that suppressed Zhang Zhaodi's promotion directly pointed out that Zhang Heping's disagreement with dispersing injections and increasing production lines was retaliation for their failure to promote Zhang Zhaodi.

So the question is, how did Zhang Heping know they wouldn't let Zhang Zhaodi be promoted? Did Elder Hua, Elder Li, or others reveal it to him?
This way, we'll offend Elder Hua and Elder Li first!

The second question is, now that they know the root of the problem, can't they understand which is more important?

Compared to Zhang Zhaodi's promotion, the Lifespan 120 potion is related to the health of countless people. Can't they see that?
Finally, if Zhang Heping knew they were saying this, and immediately stopped production of the Lifespan 120 potion as retaliation, how would they feel?

Conversely, it's the same; Hua Lao couldn't directly say the real reason for not dispersing injections or increasing production lines, nor could he point out that it was due to certain people suppressing Zhang Zhaodi's promotion.

After returning to the capital, Hua Lao mentioned one thing: the Peace Group was preparing to stop the clinical trials of the Life 120 drug.

The cessation of clinical trials means that the Life 120 drug will soon be available for official sale!
So how much does the Peace Group plan to sell the Lifespan 120 drug, which originally sold for 120 billion RMB per dose, for?
Once this issue of funding arose, the original plan of not distributing injections or increasing production lines became an internal production and sales problem for the Peace Group.

As an offshore company, Peace Group's internal operations are naturally not a concern for outsiders.

As for whether this is true or not, we'll have to ask how Mr. Hua and Ms. Chen communicated back then.

On one hand, Zhang Heping went to Hong Kong Island, and there's a possibility that he might sulk and stop production of the Lifespan 120 potion.

On one hand, according to Hua Lao, the Shouyuan 120 drug may stop clinical trials and be officially sold to the public.

Regardless of the reason, the pressure fell on those who had suppressed Zhang Zhaodi's promotion.

With a constant stream of reports and calls from Guangdong Province, the issue of Zhang Zhaodi's promotion as a junior section chief was brought up for discussion at the meeting.

……

Before Hua Lao's meeting had reached a conclusion, Zhang Heping led a group of Hong Kong businessmen and reporters to the Governor's House to exchange views on the current economy and future development of Hong Kong Island.

Subsequently, the Chief Secretary for Hong Kong Island, the Economic Division, the Investment Department Manager of the Peace Group, the General Manager of Peace Investment Company, the General Manager of Stepmother Investment Company, and other heads of investment institutions controlled by Hong Kong businessmen accepted interviews with reporters, reminding Hong Kong stock investors to pay attention to investment risks.

What these shareholders didn't know was that as early as the afternoon of December 1st, when Hong Kong stocks were falling, the group of Hong Kong businessmen and wealthy wives who were on good terms with Zhang had already withdrawn some of their funds.

Following two days of bearish news over the weekend, Hong Kong stocks opened with a large number of sell orders on Monday the 4th.

However, the market risk warning issued by Hong Kong businessmen and the Hong Kong government had already alerted various foreign investors.

If Hong Kong businessmen can unite, then foreign investors will naturally not act as lone wolves, especially those guys on Wall Street in the United States.

That afternoon, with 45 minutes left before the market closed, the foreign investors who had been holding back for a long time began to exert their strength, snapping up the stocks they had locked in.

To demonstrate their financial strength, they even created a technical high point at the close of trading.

The following day, Tuesday morning, Hong Kong stocks opened significantly lower.

Around 3 PM, there was another late-day rally.

On the third day, those who thought they had caught the rhythm of the stock market's rise and fall began to follow foreign capital in selling in the morning and buying in the afternoon, starting a volatile and shakeout process.

In contrast, those leading Hong Kong businessmen sold two batches of shares on Friday afternoon and Monday morning and did not participate again to avoid being accused of manipulating stock prices.

Of course, there are also those who aren't afraid of getting caught, who want to fleece foreign investors and have plunged headlong into the stock market.

As the saying goes, it's hard to persuade a damned ghost with kind words.

If those people make money, that's fine, but once they get trapped, when they want to borrow money from other Hong Kong businessmen to make ends meet, people will consider the feelings of Zhang Heping, Chairman He, and others.

After all, these bigwigs helped them out of their predicament, yet some people still fell back into the trap set by foreign capital. Who can they blame?

……

The dramatic fluctuations in Hong Kong stocks have naturally attracted the attention of interested parties in China.

Because Zhang Heping and Chairman He spoke from a positive perspective, reminding people of investment risks, no one could criticize them for that.

However, this stock market volatility has also demonstrated their ability to stir up trouble in Hong Kong, naturally drawing more attention to them.

Sure enough, after some personnel were replaced in the old department, Zhang Zhaodi accepted the transfer order from the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission to become a deputy director. Her specific responsibilities were not yet specified, but her rank was promoted one level.

However, Zhang Zhaodi has been in Huadu for a week now, taking her younger sister in the passenger seat with her, while Zhang Heping is still in Hong Kong Island, showing no intention of returning to Shenzhen.

Secretary Chen had no choice but to ask Director Wang to go to Hong Kong Island to find out the situation, while he urged the construction workers to complete the interior decoration of production buildings No. 2 and No. 3.

As for the internal production equipment, there's no sign of it yet.

A week later, Zhang Pandi received a notice to go to the capital again for talks.

By the time she returned to Hong Kong Island, she was already a pre-selected member of the Hong Kong Island Personnel Preparatory Committee.

After hearing the news of his second sister's promotion, Zhang Heping still didn't return to Shenzhen, until his third sister, Zhang Nian, received the notification of her transfer to the position of Assistant Commissioner of Police... (End of Chapter)