Break out of the courtyard

A middle-aged man raised his glass, stood outside the group of people toasting Fatty Wang, and shouted:
"Director Wang, I heard that the Zhang family's second daughter has not yet found a manufacturer for the product she asked you to shoot. Can you tell us a little bit?"

As this shout rang out, the noise in the Peace Hotel restaurant became much quieter.

Director Wang Pangzi didn't see who was shouting from the outside and wanted to ignore it, but a Hong Kong businessman worth hundreds of millions next to him asked him about it.

"I was just asked to shoot a commercial, not to discuss production cooperation. How would I know anything about OEM factories?" Fatty Wang said with a smile, holding up a small wine glass that was only one-third full.

"If you want to discuss cooperation with Miss Nan, why don't you go to her Global Trading Company and ask directly? You're asking the wrong person!"

The people around were silent for a while, and then someone shouted from outside the crowd: "Director Wang, I heard you just talk about that MP3 player. Will it really replace the tape recorder and CD player?"

Fatty Wang really didn't bother to pay attention to such doubts.

Smartphone ads have already been released, and you are still asking such idiotic questions.

"Everyone, please return to your seats. We still have a filming task at 1 pm. It's not good to go to work drunk, so as not to offend the important people!" After Fatty Wang said this, he sat down and started to eat the food with big mouthfuls, completely ignoring how much wine was left in the glass.

When everyone saw that Fatty Wang had made it clear that he didn't want to talk anymore, they dispersed and returned to their respective tables.

This morning, Fatty Wang told Zhang Nan about what he encountered with the Hong Kong businessmen last night, and sought Zhang Nan's advice on what he could and could not say.

Therefore, Fatty Wang talked about the first advertising product that is being filmed today, the MP3 player.

Finally, he also mentioned the Global Trading Company, and tactfully told these Hong Kong businessmen not to block the way here.

Logically speaking, these Hong Kong businessmen who are not close to Zhang Heping should not come here, but should go to Tingmei Trading Company to consult about mobile phone cooperation, or go to Global Trading Company for consultation.

...

Shenzhen Peace College, living room of Villa No. 4.

"Mr. Hua, I'm Zhuang Lin from the Foreign Affairs Office. Here are my ID and letter of introduction. Please take a look." Zhuang Lin suppressed the shock in his heart and respectfully handed over a red ID and a piece of light letter paper with both hands.

"Director Zhuang, I've heard of you." Mr. Hua glanced at the ID, put it behind the letter, and read the contents of the letter of introduction.

"Mr. Hua, just call me Xiaozhuang!" Zhuang Lin said modestly, but got no response.

It was not until Elder Hua confirmed the contents of the letter of introduction that he could not help but frown and said, "You were brought into the school by Zhang Pandi, which means you have met with Advisor Zhang. Did he not accept the apology from the Magnesian?"

"Hmm!" Zhuang Lin took out another piece of printed paper and said, "This is an apology letter from Tom, the head of the Magnesium Embassy in Hong Kong. Advisor Zhang didn't even read it. He also said that the Magnesium spokesperson should make a public apology and explain the reason for the apology."

Mr. Hua picked up the apology letter written by someone unknown, took a quick look, and shook his head, saying, "Although I don't understand the content above, I also know that this is not something that a certain guy from the United States can resolve as an individual. You should understand the difference!"

Zhuang Lin nodded and said, "The Magnesium Embassy in Hong Kong said that they will publicly apologize to the five maintenance workers of the renewable energy company when necessary."

Mr. Hua put down the apology letter, placed it on the coffee table along with his ID and letter of introduction, and pushed it in the direction of Zhuang Lin. “You should know that Consultant Zhang is not doing this for those five maintenance workers!”

"Before I met you, I thought Advisor Zhang would consider accepting the disguised surrender of the Magnesium Embassy in Hong Kong for the sake of business." Zhuang Lin frowned slightly. "On my way here, I even planned to go to Hong Kong Island to negotiate with the Magnesium people to lift their GPS navigation restrictions on the Peace Group."

Mr. Hua asked with great interest: "What happened after you saw me?"

"Hehe!" Zhuang Lin smiled awkwardly. At this moment, she could only secretly criticize the second-in-command who sent her here for not explaining the relationship between Zhang Heping and Mr. Hua clearly. How could she dare to speculate too much!
Mr. Hua suddenly lost interest in talking to this middle-aged woman who didn't dare to speak her true thoughts. "You should convey Advisor Zhang's intentions to the Magnesium Embassy in Hong Kong exactly as they say. Let them decide whether Magnesium Huadu should make a public apology!"

Zhuang Lin hesitated and asked, "What about the water, electricity and gas issues of the Magnesium Embassy in Hong Kong..."

"That's it!" Mr. Hua picked up the teacup but didn't drink it. He said indifferently, "The one who is in the wrong is the man from Magnesium. Advisor Zhang doesn't want to let this go easily. Let him be. Anyway, he is a Hong Kong Islander now and is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Hong Kong government."

When Zhuang Lin saw Mr. Hua carrying the teacup to see the guest off, he tactfully put away his ID and letter paper, stood up and said goodbye.

beep

A car horn sounded, startling Zhuang Lin who was walking with her head down.

"Sister Lin, get in the car!" Zhang Pandi leaned out of the driver's window and said with a smile, "I'll take you to the Peace Hotel across the street. The room there has already been booked."

Zhuang Lin had something on his mind, so he got into the car without thinking much.

It was not until Zhang Pandi sent the four of them to the 4th floor and moved into a small suite with three bedrooms and a living room that Zhuang Lin took Zhang Pandi into a bedroom, closed the door, and whispered about the relationship between Zhang Heping and Mr. Hua.

"My brother and Mr. Hua, as well as Aunt Wang who lives next door to your house, are all working colleagues." Zhang Pandi smiled and said, "If you want to know more, you can go to Villa No. 2 and ask Aunt Wang."

Zhuang Lin clapped his hands and said suddenly, "Oh, that's right! Aunt Wang is here too. I'll ask her later!"

Zhang Pandi smiled and said, "Why don't you take a shower first? I'll wait for you in the living room, and then we'll go into the academy together to avoid the guards stopping you again."

"Okay, I'll tell the three of them too." Zhuang Lin said, and opened the door, reminding the three subordinates to wash up as soon as possible as they had to go out later.

...

When Zhang Pandi brought Zhuang Lin and her group to visit, Zhang Heping had already sat on the podium in the lecture hall.

At this moment, he was looking at the computer while distractedly answering questions from experts and scholars who came to the podium to ask questions. He seemed very casual and did not have the serious attitude he had in explaining things in the past.

Everyone knew the reason why Zhang Heping had changed, but there was nothing they could do about it.

It was also the first time they encountered someone who unreasonably robbed their equipment.

The key point is, who that person is and which unit he belongs to has not been found out until now!
The factory only said that the equipment would be delivered as soon as possible, but did not specify the specific time or the production progress of the second batch of equipment.

You know, that was the equipment Zhang Heping ordered one year in advance.

If this is to be remade, who knows how long it will take!
Moreover, more than half of the 45 billion magnesium budget for the construction of Shenzhen Peace Vocational Training College was spent on equipment manufacturing!

How much money can those factories and the people above them come up with to produce the second batch of equipment?
Zhang Heping has also been wondering recently which unit snatched away the set of quantum computer accessories, 3D printers and other equipment he ordered?
Among the confidential units he knew, only the Southwest Institute of Computer Science had opened a quantum computer research project.

But they don’t need 3D printers and other equipment unless multiple units are involved in this “robbery”!
Just when Zhang Heping was distracted by browsing the World Internet Forum, Tang Wei, the technical manager of Umbrella, sent him several QQ messages.

[Master, the old man just died in a car accident!] [We found out that 8 days ago, the driver opened accounts for his two sons at Morgan Bank.]

[Three days ago, 3 magnesium yuan was deposited into these two accounts respectively, and the account for the payment was the Magnesium International Development Agency.]

……

While Zhang Heping was still pondering the conspiracy behind the car accident, the door of the classroom was knocked. The person who came was his father-in-law Tang Ming.

It was obvious that Tang Ming learned about the death of his elder brother Tang Zhi much earlier than that kid Tang Wei.

Zhang Heping said something to the experts and scholars in the classroom, then put away his laptop and walked out.

After Tang Ming and his four sons-in-law walked out of the teaching building, he said in a deep voice: "Your uncle had a car accident two hours ago and could not be rescued."

"I have to go to Taiwan tomorrow morning, so you and A-Xin don't have to go!"

Zhang Heping frowned and said, "I just received news that the car accident was caused by a hired killer from the Magnesium International Development Agency!"

"Really?" Tang Ming's eyes suddenly became sharp and stared at Zhang Heping.

"Three days ago, the Magnesium International Development Agency transferred 3 Magnesium dollars to the Morgan Bank accounts of the two sons of the driver who caused the accident." Zhang Heping said coldly: "I suspect that the Magnesium people want to use the death of my uncle to lure us to Taiwan Island to attend the funeral!"

"Don't worry about this!" Tang Ming frowned and looked forward. He didn't say that Tang Zhi's children and grandchildren wanted to come to Hong Kong Island to find Zhang Heping recently, but they were stopped by Tang Zhi!

Zhang Heping walked slowly beside his father-in-law and said calmly, "Back then, after the attack in Kowloon Tong, it was my uncle who helped me catch the robbers in Taiwan Island, and helped me follow the clues to find out the Chen family who provided the guns and ammunition, and the Nihon Mitsukoshi Company who provided the funds."

"It is reasonable for me to go and see my uncle off."

Tang Ming shook his head. "Since you know that the Magnesian guys are behind this, you shouldn't take the risk. Besides, Mr. Hua and the others won't agree to let you go."

Zhang Heping snorted coldly: "I am a Hong Kong Islander now, they have no right to restrict my freedom!"

Tang Ming said helplessly: "It's dangerous to go there, the two of us can go with bodyguards, don't let Ah Xin and the others go."

"Yeah!" Zhang Heping responded, took out his cell phone and turned it on, then called Wei Chunqiao, the head of the Umbrella Company, and asked him to charter two planes and prepare a boat.

When Zhang Heping proposed to Director Wang that they would be returning to Hong Kong Island soon, the other party objected without even asking for the reason.

Director Wang said anxiously, "Heping, you haven't resolved the matter with the Magnesium Embassy yet. It's too dangerous to go back to Hong Kong Island now. If you have anything to do, just ask others to do it. There's no need to go there yourself and take the risk."

Zhang Heping glanced at his mother Ma Xiuzhen, his second sister Zhang Pandi, Zhuang Lin, Liu Yuan and others sitting in the living room of his home, and said indifferently: "I still have to go to Taiwan to attend the funeral, and I will be back in a few days."

What?
Going to Taiwan for a funeral?

Everyone present was stunned. For a moment, they didn’t expect that anyone from the Zhang family was in Taiwan.

While everyone was stunned, Zhang Heping had already gone to the second floor and talked to his two wives about going to Taiwan Island.

Not long after, Ma Xiuzhen and Zhang Pandi, who had understood the interests involved after listening to Director Wang's explanation, caught up with him and tried to persuade Zhang Heping not to go to Taiwan.

As a result, Zhang Heping seemed very impatient. "If you want to persuade me, you'd better first understand why I stay in Shenzhen. You don't understand anything, so don't bother me!"

Zhang Heping's sudden change in tone made Ma Xiuzhen and Zhang Panditi very uncomfortable.

It was not until Zhang Heping went upstairs that Chen Shuting came out with her belly bulging and explained, "Mom, Second Sister, don't worry. We can ask Heping to bring more bodyguards to take a boat over. It's not dangerous. Don't worry!"

"Also, some factories in the mainland did not deliver the equipment Heping requested on time, which made him very upset. If you bother him again, I'm afraid my family will return to Hong Kong Island early and abandon this college to fend for itself."

Ma Xiuzhen said worriedly: "But Director Wang said that Hong Kong Island is very dangerous, and the Chinese might..."

"Mom!" Chen Shuting comforted her, "We have more than 10,000 bodyguards and security guards in our Hong Kong umbrella company. There are only a few Chinese people in Hong Kong. How many of them dare to attack our Zhang family?"

Chen Shuting said not to worry, but her heart had already flown to the bedroom on the top floor.

When she took the elevator up, Tang Xin was wiping her tears. Only Zhang Heping was packing his luggage. He packed a lot of bottles and jars, but only brought two sets of black short-sleeved shirts and long pants.

Chen Shuting stepped forward and asked worriedly, "Honey, do we have to go to Taiwan?"

"Yes!" Zhang Heping responded softly, zipped up the luggage and fastened the buckle.

Zhang Heping picked up the suitcase and said calmly, "I'll be back in a few days. There's nothing to worry about."

"Then bring more bodyguards with you!" Chen Shuting grabbed Zhang Heping's hand and said with a worried look on her face, "And guns!"

"Yes!" Zhang Heping stretched out his hands and hugged his first wife Tang Xin who came over. "Okay, you guys stay at home. After I arrive in Taiwan, I will call Mr. Wei and ask him to help you report my safety."

The three of them stayed upstairs for a while until mother-in-law Xu Jiefeng came out to help father-in-law Tang Ming carry a suitcase, and then Zhang Heping and the others went downstairs.

When we got downstairs, Mr. Hua had been sitting on the sofa for a long time.

Mr. Hua didn't say anything in the living room. Instead, he followed Tang Ming into the back seat of the car and let Zhang Heping sit in the passenger seat.

After the car drove out of Shenzhen Peace College, Mr. Hua said in a deep voice: "Tang Zhi's death may not be as simple as an accident!"

Seeing that Tang Ming and Zhang Heping were silent, Mr. Hua continued, "Our people found out that the wife and children of the driver who caused the accident left Taiwan two days ago and flew from Japan to France yesterday afternoon."

"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Hua. I have already found out that the car accident was caused by someone hired by the Magnesium International Development Agency." Zhang Heping responded from the front row.

"Since you have investigated so clearly, I won't persuade you any more." Mr. Hua took a long breath and said, "In the past few days, there will be more fishing boats on the other side of the strait. With your swimming ability, I believe you can swim across the strait if you really encounter danger!"

Zhang Heping said with a smile: "If the guys from Magnesium can make me feel dangerous, I can just give them the bomb to try and see if it's real!"

"Don't mess around!" Mr. Hua couldn't help but worry, "It's fine if it's just a small fight, but if it gets out of hand, you can forget about going abroad and stay in China to do scientific research."

...(End of chapter)