Break out of the courtyard

"Honey, what does Section Chief Qin want from you?"

As soon as the outsiders left, Chen Shuting couldn't help but ask about her curiosity.

"Some people have evil intentions towards our weapons and equipment." Zhang Heping replied casually, then looked at his second sister Zhang Pandi and changed the subject:
"Second sister, there is a dinner party tonight to celebrate the change of leadership in the Eagle Country. The top Hong Kong businessmen should all be attending. Do you want to go?"

Zhang Pandi thought for a moment and said seriously, "I will not attend this kind of political dinner, so as not to cause criticism."

"That's fine!" Zhang Heping touched Chen Shuting's bulging belly, turned to his concubine and said, "You stay at home, I will go there with Ah Xin tonight."

Chen Shuting knew that her husband did this for the good of her and the fetus, so she nodded obediently.

When the first wife Tang Xin heard that she was going to attend a party at the Governor's place in the evening, she asked a makeup artist and hairstylist to come to her house.

As for clothes, I usually ask the tailor to make a lot of them, and I replace them every season.

There are also quite a few jewelry and other items, but Tang Xin and Chen Shuting don’t wear them very often.

In the evening, Zhang Heping and his first wife Tang Xin arrived at the Governor's Mansion at the foot of the mountain.

In order to reflect human rights, there is only a beeping metal detector door at the entrance of the Governor's Palace. There are no guards holding stick detectors, and no one searches visitors for weapons.

So, Zhang Heping, carrying a gold needle, a silver needle and a deck of playing cards, walked into the gate of the Governor's Mansion with his first wife Tang Xin amid the sound of beeping.

Then, amid the greetings of Hong Kong celebrities around him, he went straight to the main hall in front.

The results of the Eagle Country election were announced yesterday, and a new Eagle government team will be formed today.

However, the Governor of Hong Kong who organized the dinner today only took office unexpectedly in April this year and is not affected by the change of leadership in the Eagle Country.

The reason why the appointment of this Governor of Hong Kong was somewhat unexpected was that the previous Governor of Hong Kong died of illness during his visit to the capital of mainland China in December last year, and an acting Governor of Hong Kong was subsequently arranged.

The acting Governor of Hong Kong worked for four months but was not successfully promoted to the permanent position.

What is intriguing is that as soon as the new Governor of Hong Kong took office, the Acting Governor resigned from his iron rice bowl as a civil servant and went to take up the post of Chairman of the Hong Kong Island Housing Authority. He has been very popular among real estate developers recently and is either at a banquet or on his way to a banquet every day.

The one who can compete with him is President Xu, who was surrounded by four real estate developers and was the immediate superior of Section Chief Qin in the morning.

This guy has been corrupted by the capitalists' sugar-coated bullets. According to the private feedback from Qu Zhouping and Zhang Heping of ATV, at least five actresses of TVB have been seduced by this old guy.

As for ATV, Qu Zhouping said that he had never done anything like hidden rules. Zhang Heping naturally didn't believe it and was too lazy to delve into it.

As the old saying goes, when the water is too clear, there will be no fish.

"Advisor Zhang, I'm really sorry about what happened this morning. I only found out this morning that Xiao Qin came to talk to you." President Xu bowed and apologized to Zhang Heping, without any of the dignity he had shown when he visited Hong Kong earlier.

Zhang Heping smiled calmly and said, "It's okay, it's just a misunderstanding."

President Xu stared at Zhang Heping's expression and asked tentatively, "Advisor Zhang, I heard that you want to invest 700 billion magnesium yuan in the mainland, but you encountered some obstacles when negotiating with the Aerospace Group and the Nuclear Industry Group?"

"Just a small problem!" Zhang Heping raised the champagne in his hand and gestured to the person next to him who greeted him.

President Xu came closer and whispered, "I heard that someone over there doesn't want Consultant Zhang to continue investing in the nuclear power plant. If Consultant Zhang insists on investing in the nuclear power plant, I can find some friends to help facilitate it."

Zhang Heping nodded slightly, "Thank you for your kindness, President Xu. If the nuclear power plant project still cannot be negotiated in a while, I will come to your house and ask for help."

"No problem!" President Xu got the answer he wanted. He looked at the people around him who were waiting to get close to him and said with a smile, "Then I won't bother Consultant Zhang."

As soon as this person left, someone else immediately came up to Zhang Heping.

"Mr. Zhang, I heard that you are withdrawing your investment from Japan? Are you pessimistic about the current real estate and stock markets in Japan?"

"Mr. Zhang, I heard that the Peace Group is going to acquire Rolls-Royce. Are you going to open a Peace Automobile branch in Eagle Country?"

"Mr. Zhang, what projects are you planning to invest in in the mainland? Can we invest with you?"

The group of Hong Kong businessmen who gathered around him asked questions like a group of paparazzi, all wanting to get some inside information from the richest man in order to find business opportunities to make money.

While Zhang Heping was chatting with these people, his first wife Tang Xin had been pulled aside by a few rich ladies, but she was still within Zhang Heping's perception, which was why Zhang Heping dared to come in without a bodyguard.

Zhang Heping actually hates this kind of socializing, especially when facing these Hong Kong businessmen.

Don't be fooled by their well-dressed appearance and appearance of being rich, their minds are full of opportunism, theft and prostitution. It is easy for Zhang Heping to ruin their business.

Zhang Heping did not mean to ruin their business, but it indirectly reflected that these people's business had low risk resistance.

The Hong Kong businessmen present, as well as Zhang Heping and half of the Eagle Countrymen, have all invested in the real estate industry in Hong Kong Island.

If there is another crash in housing prices in Hong Kong Island, at least half of the businessmen in the hall will go bankrupt and will never be able to attend such high-class gatherings again.

...

The next morning, Director Wang and Liu Yuan came to Zhang's house on Taiping Mountain.

They came to Hong Kong Island yesterday afternoon. They first went to ask Section Chief Qin, and then went to talk to the leader of the arms export negotiation team.

"Auntie Wang, have you had breakfast?"

The one who came out to greet Wang Sumei and Liu Yuan was Zhang Pandi, who had not yet decided when to return.

The three girls exchanged some pleasantries, and Zhang Pandi led the way, taking Wang Sumei and the others to the study on the second floor of Zhang's house.

Because there are some new factories and new equipment involved recently, Zhang Heping is drawing blueprints behind his desk in his study.

After Wang Sumei came in, she greeted Zhang Long and Zhang Hu who were playing games, and then walked to Zhang Heping.

"Why are you here today, Aunt Wang? Please sit anywhere." Zhang Heping looked up and greeted her, then went back to drawing the blueprint.

"Come and tell you about the Shenzhen factory construction." Director Wang Sumei looked at the messy drawings next to her, stepped forward and sorted them out while saying:
"Only half of the land for the Peace Materials Factory has been approved. The Shenzhen government wants to build a warehouse on the other half of the land and then rent the warehouse to the Peace Materials Factory. Do you think it's feasible?"

Zhang Heping paused for a moment. The intention of the Shenzhen government was to collect storage rent from the Heping Materials Factory. Zhang Heping didn't care about this little money, but the Shenzhen government might not be able to accept this order because it was short of money!

Then, Zhang Heping found two drawings from the drawings that Director Wang was sorting out on the left, and said:
"Auntie Wang, this is the fully automated storage equipment I designed. It can be used not only to store rice husks and broken rice stalks, but also to store grain and fine particles."

"I have set a budget of 3000 million magnesium yuan for this storage facility. If the Shenzhen government has the money to do this, the Heping Materials Factory will rent a warehouse from them."

Wang Sumei took the drawing and studied it with Liu Yuan and Zhang Pandidi for a while before she understood the functions and uses of the equipment.

Liu Yuan said softly: "If this storage equipment is completed, it will probably be promoted in major grain stations across the country in the future."

Zhang Pandi said, "When I was a kid, I heard that someone accidentally fell into a grain pile and died! If we can automate the storage and retrieval of grain, it will not only be efficient and labor-saving, but also much safer."

Director Wang was silent for a while, then he walked to the window with the blueprint, took out his phone and called the Shenzhen office.

"Hello, Secretary Li!" Director Wang smiled and said, "I'm in Hong Kong Island right now. I just got the drawings of the storage equipment in the warehouse area of ​​the Heping Materials Factory."

"It's like this. This storage equipment is fully automated and can store rice husks, grains and other small items. The estimated cost is 3000 million magnesium yuan. Look..."

Director Wang paused for a moment, and after listening to the other party, he smiled and said, "Secretary Li, although ordinary warehouses can provide employment for many people, if this set of fully automated warehousing equipment can be built, will Shenzhen achieve new results in the four modernizations?"

"Moreover, this storage equipment is not only useful for the Heping Materials Factory, but can also store rice, wheat, corn, soybeans and other grains conveniently and quickly."

"In this way, among the four modernizations, this storage area accounts for industrial modernization, agricultural modernization, and scientific and technological modernization. You must give it your full support!"

"Building roads?" Director Wang turned to look at Zhang Heping and smiled into the phone, "Didn't the Land, Sea and Air Company under the Heping Group invest 16.5 billion magnesium yuan to build roads in Guangdong Province?"

"The road between Nanshan Peace College and the materials factory..."

"Sure!" Zhang Heping said loudly without even raising his head, "Tingmei Trade will pay for the repair of the roads around the materials factory and the road to the Tingmei Health Factory. Secretary Li, please arrange for someone to go to the Tingmei Health Factory to connect with them."

Although Shenzhen has been undergoing urban reform and development for many years and many houses, factories and schools have been built, rice fields, depressions and bumpy dirt roads are still the norm here.

This is also the reason why Zhang Heping often rides a motorcycle there!
Shenzhen has no money, but it cannot do without money if it wants to develop, otherwise they would not have come up with the idea of ​​auctioning land use rights.

"Yes! It was Consultant Zhang who was talking just now!" Director Wang Sumei smiled, "He said that the road from Nanshan to the Heping Materials Factory and then to the Tingmei Health Factory, as well as the roads around the materials factory, will all be repaired by Tingmei Trading."

"Now, you should agree to grant the land!"

After a while, Wang Sumei hung up the phone, walked to the left of Zhang Heping with a smile, put down the blueprint, and said, "The land has been stuck for so many days. It turns out that they want to raise money to build a road."

"This time, their wish came true, and the land for the Heping Materials Factory was readily approved."

Zhang Heping threw the newly drawn blueprint onto the drawing board on the left, and then began to draw a new equipment diagram, saying, "Auntie Wang, the Shenzhen Airport application has been in place for more than three years. Has it been approved? Does the Land, Sea and Air Corporation need to invest in this airport?"

"The Eagle Country wants to build a new airport in the northern part of the outlying island. If Shenzhen wants to build an airport, it has to hurry up. Shenzhen is so close to Hong Kong Island. Don't let the construction of Shenzhen Airport be delayed because of the addition of an airport in Hong Kong Island."

Wang Sumei looked at the drawings Liu Yuan was sorting out and nodded, "Last month, Shenzhen City was approved to build an airport. I will go back to Shenzhen City and ask Secretary Li if he is willing to cooperate with the Land, Sea and Air Corporation to build the airport."

After he finished speaking, Director Wang, Liu Yuan, and Zhang Pandi sat at their desks, quietly looking at the drawings.

Only after Zhang Heping put down his pen, rolled the drawings into a cylindrical black bag, and put them into the safe under the bookshelf at the back did he take them downstairs to prepare for lunch.

When going downstairs, Director Wang said with a bit of embarrassment: "Heping, if you want to form a joint venture with the local factory in Wucheng, it will be inconvenient for me to poach people from the military factory."

Zhang Heping moved his slightly uncomfortable wrist and said with a smile, "Auntie Wang means that our department won't participate in the shareholding?"

"Diamonds and solid-state batteries are trillion-dollar industries, and Wucheng can't afford much of the shares."

A trillion-dollar industry?

Director Wang, Liu Yuan, and Zhang Pandi were all stunned. Even after they sat down at the dining table, they didn't react and found it hard to believe.

"Heping, I know the diamond is expensive, but the battery..." Director Wang Sumei hesitated and said, "Isn't there a new energy battery factory in Shenzhen?"

Zhang Heping shook his head and said, "The solid-state battery technology has been given to Mr. Hua for two years, but there has been no factory in the mainland to produce this kind of high-end battery."

"One step slow, every step slow! Those dirty people inside have seriously delayed my biomedical research plan. I don't want to wait for them anymore!"

Director Wang obviously understood what Zhang Heping meant by "dirty" and frowned, saying, "Our biggest difficulty now is the lack of people!"

Zhang Heping smiled calmly and said, "It takes time to build the factory, and it also takes time to produce new equipment. Shenzhen Peace College can take advantage of this time difference to train a group of students and then send them to the factory for practical learning."

Director Wang had already reported the teaching plan of Shenzhen Peace College, so she knew what kind of talents the college wanted to cultivate.

However, when thinking about the investment in Wucheng, Director Wang couldn't help but think of the negotiation representatives from the Aerospace Group and the Nuclear Industry Group who were stranded in Shenzhen.

Thinking about Zhang Heping's stubborn temper, Director Wang resisted the urge to ask. He decided it would be better to ask Huang Wenli or Zhang Pandi when he got back.

At this time, Liu Yuan leaned close to Director Wang's ear and whispered something.

Then Wang Sumei spoke again, "Heping, the power grid company and telecommunications company have been established. How do you plan to cooperate with them?"

Zhang Heping took the bowl of soup handed over by Tang Xin and said calmly: "These two companies are not forced. If they need funds, Heping Investment Shenzhen Branch can invest in them, borrow money, or buy government bonds to support them."

Liu Yuan couldn't help asking, "You are not willing to give up even 2 percentage points to the Aerospace Group and the Nuclear Industry Group, why don't you force these two companies?"

When Wang Sumei heard Liu Yuan mention the two groups, she glanced at Zhang Heping's expression with a slightly nervous look.

Zhang Heping casually said: "Power grid companies are not suitable for shareholding operations. In order to expand infrastructure, telecommunications companies will inevitably be shareholding or even listed for financing."

"As for the Aerospace Group and the Nuclear Industry Group, they are short of money and technology, so it would be great if we could give them a 49% stake. If I set up an aerospace or nuclear power company in Hong Kong Island, who could take 49% of the shares from me for nothing?"

When Director Wang Sumei heard Zhang Heping mention the idea of ​​setting up an aerospace and nuclear power company in Hong Kong Island, she stretched out her leg and touched Liu Yuan under the table, then shook her head slightly to signal her to stop talking.

"It's not that I have to take those 2 percentage points." Zhang Heping said calmly, "The problem is, I don't have a controlling stake. Will the aerospace and nuclear engineering companies, as well as those above them, be willing to listen to me?"

...(End of chapter)