Break out of the courtyard

Director Wang Sumei, acting as matchmaker, led a group of bodyguards to Suzhou to deliver the betrothal gifts. The next day, she brought Zhou Xirou's parents to the Peace Hotel in Shenzhen.

When the Zhou and Zhang families met to discuss the engagement, Zhang Heping, though unable to attend, invited Elder Hua and Elder Li to witness the event and explain why he couldn't come back, which was a great honor.

A large group of people were involved in the wedding, leaving Zhang Bei and Zhou Xirou, the two parties involved, with little to do.

After finalizing the Chinese-style wedding, wedding attire, toasting dresses, and the classmates and friends to be invited, they went to the underground base to continue repairing the moon.

The news that the Zhang family, the richest family in Hong Kong, was going to marry into the Zhou family in mainland China spread quickly in high society circles. Before all the invitations had even been sent out, most people already knew about it.

As a result, whether or not they would receive an invitation to the wedding, and who would be able to attend the main venue of the wedding, suddenly became the focus of many people's attention.

Yes, this wedding had a main venue and several smaller venues!
Due to some security considerations, the main venue for the wedding was set up at the Peace Hotel in Shenzhen.

There are three separate venues, one of which is the Peace Hotel venue on Hong Kong Island, which was organized with the help of the second sister and her husband, as well as the Tang family.

The branch venue at the Capital Hotel was organized with the help of the eldest sister and her husband, as well as the Xie family.

As for the Suzhou Hotel, the Zhou family made the arrangements themselves; however, all of the Zhou family's important guests were invited to the main wedding venue at the Peace Hotel in Shenzhen.

With one main wedding venue and three sub-venues, it's clear they invited quite a large number of guests!
Just as the invited guests were wondering what gifts to give, both the Zhou and Zhang families announced that no gifts would be accepted at the wedding!

In addition, the Zhang family also stated that they will donate RMB 10 billion and 1001 to Project Hope, where their eldest daughter-in-law Zhou Xirou once worked, symbolizing that she is one in a hundred!

He held a lavish wedding but didn't accept any gifts; instead, he donated billions to charity!
This behavior immediately aroused the curiosity of many people, who all wanted to know how much betrothal gift the Zhang family gave this time, and how much dowry the Zhou family would give.

Unfortunately, the news that followed disappointed them: the Zhou family did not accept the Zhang family's betrothal gifts, nor did they prepare a dowry for their daughter.

Just as countless people's attention was focused on this grand wedding, Zhang Heping, who had disappeared for nearly three months, finally made an appearance!

As soon as he got back, he dropped a bombshell:
All relatives and friends aged 60 and above who attend this wedding will receive a longevity medicine advance card!

To this end, he added a production line for Shouyuan 120 medicine, increasing the monthly output of Shouyuan 120 medicine to 60 vials!

If Zhang Heping privately gives someone a prepaid card for life-extending medicine, it might be considered bribery.

For example, the Longevity 120 potion that Chang Sheng secretly brought back could only be used secretly.

However, even if some people who couldn't attend the wedding banquet were jealous of the widespread distribution of Lifespan Potions prepayment cards, they wouldn't dare to criticize it openly, because Lifespan 120 Potions were still being promoted for free and at a loss!
January 30, 1997 (the 22nd day of the 12th lunar month) is an auspicious day for weddings, travel, and engagements!
Before dawn, the cameras set up in the Peace Hotel in Shenzhen started moving as directors, production assistants, and others from ATV (Rediffusion Television) in Hong Kong began their final rehearsal.

At the same time, the large screens and speakers set up in the three venues of the Peace Hotel in Hong Kong Island, the Capital Hotel, and the Suzhou Hotel were all connected and began to broadcast the events at the Peace Hotel in Shenzhen in real time.

As dawn broke, the scene of the bride getting ready, and the groom in a red robe, wearing a big red flower, riding a white horse, and accompanied by an eight-person sedan chair, accompanied by gongs and drums, were displayed on the large screens at the main wedding venue and the branch venues, as if they were heading to each other.

By the time the groom, Zhang Bei, brought his bride, Zhou Xirou, wearing a red veil, home from the hotel's presidential suite, many guests had already arrived.

Only a fool would wait until mealtime to take such a great opportunity to expand their network.

Besides, there's a security check at the entrance. It would be ridiculous if you couldn't get in because you were late and couldn't get the Lifespan Potion Advance Card.

So, when Zhang Bei and Zhou Xirou changed into their festive red toasting outfits and arrived at the hotel in their wedding car, almost all the guests at the main wedding venue were already there, and both sets of parents were greeting the guests. A big wedding means a lot of things to do.

Fortunately, the groom Zhang Bei and the bride Zhou Xirou only needed to walk through the wedding ceremony on the flower-covered stage and then go to toast the guests with their parents. Their family members would take care of everything else.

However, when the large screens in the three separate venues showed close-up shots of the main wedding venue, including Mr. Hua, Mr. Li, Mr. Yang, the Governor of Hong Kong, the Eagle King, Little K, and the bearded man from the Middle East, the relatives and friends of the Zhou and Zhang families realized how large the lineup was at the main wedding venue.

This also made it clear to many people how many external forces wanted to win over the Zhang family!
The day after the wedding, Zhang Heping led Eagle King, Xiao Ke, and others on a tour of the ground facilities of the World Advanced Technology Research Institute.

Faced with these foreigners' requests for cooperation in the fields of medicine, aerospace, chips, and energy, Zhang Heping seemed to have become much more agreeable because of his eldest son's wedding. He even asked Chen Shuting to communicate with Mr. Hua and Secretary Chen about the cooperation matters.

As for Zhang Heping himself, he went missing on the third day of the wedding, continuing to guide the equipment replacement tasks of the mainland military factories!
While Zhang Heping holds the initiative in cooperation in fields such as medicine, aerospace, chips, and energy, many things cannot bypass national approval if they really want to cooperate with foreign countries. We cannot forget the technological blockade of those years.

In particular, once the Peace Group cross-shares with tobacco companies, petrochemical companies, China Resources, CITIC, China Merchants Group, Bank of China, and other companies, forming a community of shared interests, things will no longer be as simple as before!

This is the price Zhang Heping paid for taking on the role of head of the space force!

But looking at it another way, isn't this also the legacy that Zhang Heping left for the Zhang family to live on for generations?

As Zhang Heping's technology becomes increasingly advanced and the Heping Group grows larger, which country wouldn't want to rush in and take a bite, or even seize it for itself?

Since Zhang Heping never considered establishing a country and becoming king, then power is the best solution for his family.

For the sake of family continuity, giving up some benefits is naturally something to be said!

Time flies, and it's already February 7th, the first day of the Lunar New Year!

Zhang Heping was unable to go home for the Chinese New Year, but on this day, he became a hero of China's successful accession to the WTO!

In order to avoid falling behind China in fields such as medicine, aerospace, chips, and energy, and also for future cooperation, Europe and other countries first submitted a pledge of allegiance: the WTO agreement!
With the news of China's accession to the WTO spreading, export trade, which had been hampered, began to pick up during the Lunar New Year holidays.

Many of the international speculators who besieged Hong Kong's financial markets were shaken by this, but most of them still clung to wishful thinking.

However, when the Peace Group announced that its headquarters and family trust would be moved from the Cayman Islands back to Hong Kong Island, and that the Peace Charitable Foundation would be moved from the New Island back to Hong Kong Island, those financial tycoons were dumbfounded!

What surprised them even more was that the Peace Group planned to change its name to "China Peace" on the day Hong Kong returned to China!
This move by the Peace Group clearly indicates that they are being co-opted, leaving foreign speculators no choice but to consider their own weight!
They dared to target Hong Kong's financial market because they were betting that the mainland wouldn't get involved and compete with them.

But as soon as the Peace Group's announcement was released, those foreign speculators were left in a bind. They were already wary of the Peace Group's huge cash reserves, and now that the mainland was backing the Peace Group, they had no chance of winning!

Frustrated foreign speculators had no choice but to detour through the financial markets of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan, making a feint before withdrawing!

However, what many people don't know is that "PXT" Limited, which is jointly owned by Zhang Heping, Tang Xin, and Chen Shuting, is still registered in the Cayman Islands!
This was Zhang Heping's backup plan for himself, and also a warning to certain people.

Although he took over the Space Force, he had no intention of turning it into a private army!

That's unrealistic and not very feasible, unless he chooses brain-computer interface hypnosis... (End of Chapter)