Break out of the courtyard

“I just attended an agricultural conference.” Zhang Heping took the bowl and chopsticks handed to him by Director Wang and continued, “After the economy of the coastal areas developed, a lot of foreign capital went there to invest.”

“The development of the western, southwestern, and northwestern regions is still lagging behind, and these will be the next investment areas for the Peace Group.”

Zhang Heping added another hint: if the other party still didn't understand the subtext that he didn't want to invest in Fujian Province anymore, he would have to be more direct.

“I heard that Professor Chen’s fellow villagers back home have all moved into red brick houses.” Director Wang, carrying a soup pot, came to the table with a smile and served soup to the mathematics expert. “You haven’t been to the west in recent years, so you may not know what it’s like there.”

Director Wang pretended not to notice the awkwardness on Professor Chen's face and continued, "The gap between urban and rural development in the west, southwest, and northwest and that in the coastal areas is huge!"

"Even with the regulations for nine years of compulsory education and various donations, there are still many children there who cannot afford to go to school, especially girls."

"Your dean made some suggestions today to help farmers increase their income, and the Peace Group will need to follow up with investment."

Director Wang first pointed out that Professor Chen's hometown had good conditions, and then used the urgent need for development in the west to pressure him, thus silencing the other party's words.

After the Peace Group completely withdrew its investment from Fujian Province, many people came to negotiate, including Mr. Hua.

Therefore, Director Wang knew even better than Professor Chen about the reasons for his visit.

Professor Chen drank a bowl of soup and then took his leave.

Zhang Heping saw the person out and let them take the tea with them.

If you don't help the other party with anything, you naturally shouldn't accept their gifts.

Besides, refusing those teas is also a statement.

Having wasted an afternoon, Zhang Heping hurriedly finished his meal, told his first wife Tang Xin, who had come down after hearing the commotion, where he was going, and then took a car to the underground base to handle the research project that originally did not require his attention that evening.

The following day, as more foreign teenagers participated in the recruitment exam for the third Genius Training Camp, Zhang Feng, who was in charge of the recruitment for this year's Genius Training Camp, had the guards lead the foreign teenagers to visit the academy after obtaining her father Zhang Heping's consent.

This year's talent training camp recruitment still excluded people from blacklisted countries like Japan and South Korea, and protests continued, but the Peace Group didn't care.

Time often flies by when people are busy, and before we knew it, it was February 1st, the third Genius Training Camp officially began.

Unlike in the past, Zhang Yi's Brain-Computer Interaction Research Institute sent Li Tong to give a lesson on ideological education.

In addition, some of the academy's assistants enter the virtual learning dream to tutor the teenagers in completing their tasks.

Although Zhang Heping had heard about these things and knew that Hua Lao and the others had made such arrangements to prevent those foreign teenagers from stealing confidential technologies such as semiconductors and batteries, he didn't have time to stop them.

The plan to land robots on the moon has been put on the agenda. If all goes well, robots will be used to build the Moon Palace base on the moon.

In addition, the manned mission to Tiangong Space Station is about to be implemented, and China aims to be the first country to enter Tiangong Space Station before foreign countries.

It is said that when Japanese, European, and American aerospace experts were allowed to participate in the construction of the Tiangong space station, it was agreed that all cooperating countries would have the right to enter the Tiangong space station to conduct reported experiments.

If foreigners get there first, can the Tiangong space station still be considered domestically made?
In addition to the clinical trials of brain-computer interfaces, the mass production of levitation propulsion devices, and the future application research of controllable nuclear fusion devices, Zhang Heping's daytime hours are almost entirely filled.

If it weren't for his insistence on coming home for three meals a day, we probably wouldn't see him all day long.

That evening, when Zhang Heping returned home, he was somewhat surprised to find that his eldest sister, second sister, second sister's husband, and Zhang Nian had all returned, as if they had arranged it beforehand.

"Dad!" Zhang Nian, the fourth daughter, rushed up to him, hugged Zhang Heping's left arm as he entered the room, and said with a grin, "Did you miss me?"

"I've been thinking about it!" Zhang Heping smiled and said, "Your mother and I think about you every day. When are you going to start dating?"

"Hmph! I'm ignoring you!" Zhang Nian turned her head away angrily, refusing to look at her father, but still tightly hugged his arm with both hands.

Zhang Heping greeted his second brother-in-law, who had just stood up from the sofa, and then went to the kitchen to say hello to his mother and two sisters.

When Zhang Heping went upstairs, his elder sister Zhang Zhaodi followed him and talked about the pilot injection of Shouyuan 120 medicine.

After nearly a month, public hospitals of all sizes in Guangdong Province have joined the pilot program for decentralized injections, and Zhang Zhaodi's work in promoting this initiative is basically complete.

“Brother, the transportation cost of the Lifespan 120 drug must be quite high!” Zhang Zhaodi followed Zhang Heping into the study on the second floor and asked with some concern, “If the Lifespan 120 drug is subsequently promoted nationwide for distributed injection, the transportation cost will be even higher. Have you considered charging for it?”

Zhang Heping walked over to Chen Shuting behind the desk on the left and casually asked, "Is this your idea, or has someone else asked about it?"

“I had thought about it before, but I figured you must have other considerations, so I didn’t ask.” Zhang Zhaodi followed him to the desk, and after Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting had exchanged a few sweet words, she continued:
"After inspecting the last pilot injection hospital yesterday, the head of the guidance team sent from the capital asked me privately when I planned to promote the nationwide decentralized injection program?"

Zhang Heping laughed and said, "This is a question being asked of me from afar, through you!"

“Hmm!” Zhang Zhaodi responded softly, then followed Zhang Heping to the desk opposite. “That person also said that once the nationwide decentralized vaccination program is implemented, some compensation can be provided through medical insurance.”

"Compensation?" Zhang Heping said jokingly, "These people want to spend a little money and take credit for their work. They're dreaming."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhaodi frowned and pondered for a moment before understanding why Zhang Heping had said that.

If those people really wanted compensation, they would have done so long ago. Why wait until the nationwide distribution of the Shouyuan 120 drug was launched?

“Don’t worry about transportation costs!” Zhang Heping said casually. “Free things are the most expensive, and a little transportation cost is nothing.”

The free offer here can be seen as a lifespan 120 potion.

They've given away the Lifespan 120 potion, which costs 120 billion RMB per vial, for free. The cost of sending someone to deliver the Lifespan 120 potion is just a drop in the ocean.

"Don't worry, big sister!" Chen Shuting took a cup and brought over a kettle of hot water. "Our group is setting up Heping Express Company, and the free delivery of Lifespan 120 medicine will be the best advertisement for this company."

Zhang Zhaodi hurriedly took the kettle from him. After Chen Shuting put tea leaves in Zhang Heping's cup, she poured hot water. "You guys are the experts when it comes to making money. As long as you don't feel like you're losing out, I won't bother thinking about it anymore."

Zhang Heping opened his email and casually said, "The Lifespan 120 medicine is just the bait that's been thrown out. There's still the Lifespan 160 medicine bait that hasn't been hooked yet. There's no need to rush to make money."

"Just refuse that small amount of medical insurance money, and don't worry about those so-called compensations in the future."

"He who eats another's bread sings his song, and he who takes another's money is bound to do so." Chen Shuting chimed in from the side, "If we accept the small amount of money from the medical insurance, we won't be able to stop producing the Lifespan 120 potion at will in the future. How will we then control those dissenting voices? What do you think, sister?"

Zhang Zhaodi gave a soft "hmm," then poured half a cup of hot water into her own cup. "I know what you're thinking, so I'll know how to deal with it later."

Seeing that her husband was replying to emails, Chen Shuting did not return to her desk. Instead, she chatted casually with her older sister, Zhang Zhaodi, about the pilot program of the Lifespan 120 drug.

After the Zhang family started their dinner, the second sister, Zhang Pandi, finally revealed the purpose of her return.

"Brother, what do you think about Hong Kong Island's push for dual citizenship legislation?" Zhang Pandi asked without hiding it from the group of younger relatives.

If his second sister, like his eldest sister, had discussed things behind closed doors in the study, Zhang Heping would have revealed the logic behind Zhang Nian's transfer to her. But now, it wasn't convenient to say much. "Foreigners want to take advantage of Hong Kong's return to China and use the free Lifespan 120 potion," Zhang Heping said nonchalantly.

"Before Hong Kong's return to China, this bill would have been useless even if it had been passed; as for after the return, that depends on the circumstances!"

When Zhang Pandi heard her third brother say this, she guessed that he supported the legislation.

Upon further reflection on Zhang Heping's last statement, it's not hard to guess that the legislation on dual citizenship in Hong Kong will not affect the allocation of Lifespan 120 medication.

Seeing that her second aunt was silent, Zhang Nian began to recount her experience at the police station.

After the family finished eating, they went for a walk as usual, which is considered a regular exercise for the family.

……

Mr. Hua, Mr. Li, and Mrs. Zheng have rarely visited the Zhang family recently, spending their days conducting research at several hospitals in Shenzhen.

The elderly men and women who had come to Shenzhen with them earlier dispersed to hospitals in other cities in Guangdong Province to observe the pilot program of dispersing and injecting Shouyuan 120 medication in Guangdong Province from a third-party perspective.

Shenzhen is a little better. Once the Shouyuan 120 medicine is sent from the World Advanced Technology Research Institute, the guards will be able to deliver the medicine to the designated hospital within two hours.

Although delivery times to other cities are a bit longer, they can still be delivered on time the next morning if the order is made that evening.

After observing for more than twenty days, these people also had some concerns. Once the dispersal injection of Shouyuan 120 was promoted nationwide, it would be impossible to still have the guards from Nanshan escorting the Shouyuan 120 medication.

"Will it be okay to use the post office?"

When the group of elderly people were having a video conference on their phones, someone suggested an alternative.

"If we use the postal service, the government can subsidize the delivery cost!"

"The college entrance examination papers are all delivered by post, so there's no need to worry about confidentiality."

"What about security? Do we need to assign armed escorts?"

"If armed escorts are required, the Nanshan security guards will probably have to provide them."

"Let's report this issue to higher authorities; we can't make a decision on it ourselves!"

"An imposter appeared in Huicheng today, and you would never guess the relationship between the imposter and the person being impersonated!"

"For Old Ye to say that, I guess it's either a son replacing his father or a grandson replacing his grandfather, or some other oddball."

"Hey! Old Liu was right! Today, a 70-year-old son took his 92-year-old father to get an injection of the Longevity 120 drug. All the procedures were completed, and the facial recognition was fine. Just as they were about to give the injection, the 70-year-old son actually put his right hand into the injection window."

"With so many people queuing up and watching, and security guards standing by, what was that person thinking? Did they think everyone else was blind?"

"Didn't the 92-year-old father voice his objections?"

"You know what, the people in line behind, the security guards, and the nurses at the injection windows didn't notice anything amiss in time. If someone at the next window hadn't finished their injection and happened to see the 70-year-old son's posture was off and loudly asked him a question, he would have gotten away with it!"

"What pose? How could it fool so many people!"

……

The case of identity theft, which was being discussed by a group of elderly men and women, was immediately reported to Secretary Chen.

After reporting to Professor Hua, Secretary Chen went to the laboratory to talk to Zhang Heping about the matter.

Through the surveillance video brought by Secretary Chen, Zhang Heping could only see the back of the 70-year-old man helping his 92-year-old father in his wheelchair.

"The exposed right hand is prosthetic; it's also secured with a brace on the right shoulder of the clothing," Secretary Chen explained to Zhang Heping, pausing the video on his phone and pointing to the unusual area.

"His right hand went through his father's right sleeve and into the injection window, while his father's right hand was hidden inside his clothes. He cooperated by lying there without any resistance."

"When the security guards and the nurses administering the injections saw the fake right hand, they didn't suspect whose right hand it was that was being inserted into the injection window."

Zhang Heping nodded slightly, left the glass partition, and went back to his experiments.

Secretary Chen, on the other side of the glass partition, continued, "According to the Shouyuan 120 drug dispersal injection work system, this person's injection qualification has been terminated. They are still investigating the reasons for their impersonation and the reason why the 92-year-old man did not resist."

Zhang Heping wasn't interested in other people's trivial matters, and simply asked, "Have you been blacklisted?"

Secretary Chen was stunned for a moment. If this was included in the blacklist, the imposter and his three generations would not be able to apply for the Lifespan 120 Potion.

But considering Zhang Heping's personality, Secretary Chen answered truthfully: "Because he was the first person to break the system, we are still carefully judging whether to add him to the blacklist."

“That’s why I don’t want to give the Lifespan 120 injection to other hospitals!” Zhang Heping said calmly. “When someone is caught impersonating another person on the spot, instead of putting them on the blacklist, people are trying to find excuses to exonerate them.”

"Does this mean they think bystanders are fools, or that the rules I set are just a piece of waste paper?"

"Notify them that this is what I said: if this matter isn't resolved, the Lifespan 120 potion will not be shipped to any other customers!"

"Okay, Consultant Zhang!" Secretary Chen replied, then took his phone and left the space technology laboratory.

Outside the laboratory building, Professor Hua smiled as he watched Secretary Chen emerge with a furrowed brow.

Only when the other person got closer did he smile and ask, "Consultant Zhang, did you ask about the outcome of the punishment?"

"Mr. Hua, you thought of this a long time ago?" Secretary Chen looked at his old leader with some helplessness. "Why didn't you remind me earlier!"

Old Hua smiled and said, "You'll learn from your mistakes. The more you deal with Consultant Zhang, the better you'll understand his personality, which will be more beneficial for future work coordination."

"What have you learned from this experience?"

Secretary Chen pondered Hua Lao's words carefully, and then recalled Zhang Heping's words. He couldn't help but relax his brows. "Advisor Zhang didn't care much about the process of impersonation. He only asked whether the person was on the blacklist, which shows that he values ​​the result."

Hua Lao corrected him, "You're not entirely right. He just doesn't want to waste time on unimportant things, so he focuses on the outcome."

"When you communicate with him in the future, you should think about the questions he might ask you in advance. This will prevent you from being in a passive position and will make it easier for you to carry out your work here."

...(End of this chapter)