Break out of the courtyard

"Father, Mr. Zhang took a boat to the other side this morning. The East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet are still conducting exercises nearby. Is the mainland really doing this for Mr. Zhang?" Jiang Xiaoqin, the eldest son of the Jiang family, pushed his old father's wheelchair with a hint of disbelief in his tone.

The head of the Jiang family opened his cloudy eyes and said calmly: "For this matter, you can't just look at the present. You have to look at the various changes in Hong Kong Island and the mainland at least eight years ago, and then speculate on the role played by Mr. Zhang."

"Did father also think that the Internet, personal computers, mobile phones, nuclear power plants and other technologies were developed by Mr. Zhang?" The eldest brother Jiang Xiaoqi said doubtfully: "Let's not talk about his superb medical skills, which require a lot of time to learn and study."

"Even if he invented those technologies, what about the time?"

"According to our intelligence personnel's investigation, he has not had much time or energy for scientific research in recent years!"

"Even if we take a step back and assume that Mr. Zhang is really that capable, how could the mainland allow such a high-level talent to go abroad?"

Patriarch Jiang looked at the haziness in front of him, his tone still calm, "The people of Magnesium think so too!"

Jiang Xiaoqin stopped and put his hands on his old father's shoulders. While massaging, he slowly said, "Father, since you think Mr. Zhang is so powerful, can I send you to Hong Kong Island Peace Hospital for treatment?"

The head of the Jiang family stretched out his right hand, patted his eldest son's left hand on his shoulder, and sighed: "The people of Magnesium will not agree..."

The father and son were silent for a while before the head of the Jiang family regained his spirits and frowned, saying, "The Tang family's revenge is too obvious. Don't learn from them in the future!"

"If I die, it must be due to a long-term illness. Do you understand?"

"Father!" Jiang Xiaoqin unconsciously grasped his father's shoulders and said unwillingly: "Since the Chinese are forcing us so much, why don't we turn to the mainland..."

The head of the Jiang family patted his eldest son's hand and interrupted, "For so many years, I have been teaching you to look at the big picture."

"Your idea will not only be disagreed with by your late grandfather and the people of Taiwan, but also by most of the middle and high-level officials in Taiwan, and even the mainland will not agree with it!"

Jiang Xiaoqi asked in surprise: "Why would the mainland disagree?"

"Alas..." The head of the Jiang family sighed, "If you can't figure out the reason, don't fight for this position in the future."

...

Capital, Bailongtan Sanatorium.

"Mr. Hua, don't pretend to be sick. The leader is back!" Mr. Li, along with a guard, trotted to the pavilion beside the pond and said happily to Mr. Hua, who was dozing in the wheelchair, "News just came back from Xiamen. The leader arrived in Xiamen by boat at 1:22 this afternoon."

General Hua tilted his head to the other side and closed his eyes, pretending not to hear.

He had long expected Zhang Heping to come back because Zhang Heping's wife and children were in Shenzhen.

As long as nothing unexpected happens to Zhang Heping in Taiwan, it is only a matter of time before he comes back.

Mr. Li smiled and said, "Okay, the higher-ups have agreed to return the equipment in the Heping Vocational Training College laboratory first, and the equipment in the underground laboratory will be returned later. Anyway, the underground base over there has not been built yet, and there is no place to store the equipment when it is transported there."

When Mr. Hua heard this, he opened his eyes, stood up and snorted, "If you had agreed earlier, would I have disturbed their meeting?"

"How dare you say that!" Elder Li stroked Elder Hua's back and smiled helplessly, "They were originally going to vote on whether to set up a nuclear power group, but you ran in and said a few words, then you covered your chest and pretended to be sick and fell to the ground, scaring them so much that they forgot about their business, and now they haven't even finalized the nuclear power group yet."

"Then why don't you try pretending to be sick!" Mr. Hua said, and laughed to himself.

"There's one more thing!" Mr. Li suddenly said seriously, "Three researchers from the Magnesium International Development Agency on Taiwan Island were just hit and killed by a truck. It may be related to the late Tang Zhi. Do you think it was done by the leader?"

Mr. Hua frowned and asked, "What is the intelligence officer's judgment?"

"They said it might be revenge from the Tang family!" Elder Li said in a deep voice, "If it was really done by the Tang family, Tang Zhi's children and grandchildren were too unwise. They will definitely be found out by the Magnesium people."

"What if the Tang family did this on purpose?" Elder Hua stretched out his hand and led them outside the pavilion, then walked into the scorching sun with Elder Li.

...

Fujian Province, Xiamen.

After Zhang Heping got off the boat, he first called his home in Shenzhen, and then was invited to the Xia Mansion Guesthouse.

That night, Zhang Heping attended a dinner party and got to know the investment promotion staff from Fuzhou Province.

However, Zhang Heping did not promise them anything, but just said some polite words and finally asked them to contact Heping Investment Shenzhen Branch or Heping Group.

At noon the next day, the cruise ship that Tang Hu and his group of Hong Kong bodyguards were on sent a radio message. Zhang Heping then allowed the more than 100 bodyguards who came with him to board the ship south and return to Hong Kong Island with Tang Hu and his group.

Zhu Chengguang and a group of Japanese bodyguards boarded civil aviation to Dongdu, Japan in batches and did not charter any more flights.

As for the two charter flights from Hong Kong Island to Gaocheng, Taiwan Island, they are still undergoing repeated inspections.

It is said that when the two charter planes were inspected last night, C4 bombs were found on the planes.

Once the bodyguard left, Zhang Heping became a lonely man.

When Zhang Heping was preparing to go to the train station alone to buy a ticket to go south, Captain Li, who had taken a bunch of stun guns from him yesterday, appeared in front of Zhang Heping with a driver and a military green jeep.

After getting out of the car, Captain Li opened the back door and said to Zhang Heping with a smile, "Advisor Zhang, the commander asked us to drive you back to Shenzhen. Please get in the car!"

Zhang Heping didn't care what kind of transportation he took, he just sat in the back seat and said politely, "Sorry to bother Captain Li and the driver!"

Captain Xiao Li sat in the co-pilot's seat and said with a smile, "It's not a big deal. As long as Advisor Zhang doesn't mind us taking your weapons yesterday, that's fine."

Zhang Heping didn't respond, but looked at the young man in the rearview mirror and asked, "What's your name, driver?"

"My name is Su Shan, Consultant Zhang can just call me Xiao Su." The young driver glanced in the rearview mirror, then looked forward and started the jeep.

At first, Zhang Heping thought that the two soldiers were from a certain unit and it was not easy to ask them about their affairs. He could only follow Captain Xiao Li's words and talk about the customs and culture of Fujian Province.

As they were chatting, Xiao Li brought up the topic of road problems in Fuzhou Province, which made Zhang Heping realize that the two soldiers were probably from Fuzhou. They were half-heartedly saying that they had no money to build roads, but they were probably here on a mission to attract investment.

Zhang Heping didn't like wasting time on these little things, so he said directly: "Xiao Li, the stepmother investment company under the Heping Group has plans to build a highway in the mainland. You can tell them about this."

"Hehe! Thank you, Consultant Zhang. With your words, my mission of following the car to take you there is mostly completed." Captain Li replied with a silly smile, without any concealment.

After Captain Xiao Li completed the road investment promotion task, Xiao Su drove the jeep much more steadily and it did not shake as much as before.

...

Zhuang Lin, who was still in Hong Kong Island, didn't want to argue with the Taiwanese anymore after learning that Zhang Heping had returned to Xiamen by boat.

That afternoon, she called Tom, the head of the Magnesium Embassy in Hong Kong, and relayed Zhang Heping's request, asking the spokesperson of the Magnesium Palace in Hong Kong to make a public apology!

"Ms. Zhuang, this kind of thing can't happen. The Magnesium Huadu will never agree to it!" While waiting for the translator on the other end of the phone, Director Tom was thinking about how to keep his position as director. "Director Tom, I will tell Mr. Zhang what you said when I return to Shenzhen. I wish you good work and a happy life!" A male voice came from the receiver. It was unclear whether it was the translator Xiao Gao or Lao Ji.

click!
After the other end hung up the phone, Director Tom realized belatedly that Miss Zhuang might be his only intermediary to contact Zhang Heping.

So he hurriedly called his female secretary and asked her to find out the phone number of Zhuang Lin's room at the Peace Hotel.

As a result, when Director Tom called, no one answered the room phone.

By the time he sent someone to the Peace Hotel to invite someone for an interview, Zhuang Lin had already checked out and went to the train station with three colleagues and returned to Shenzhen.

It was only after Zhuang Lin came to Hong Kong that he deeply realized the influence of the Heping Group in Shenzhen.

Not to mention how many companies the Peace Group controls and how much equity it holds in those companies, just the Peace Vocational Training College, which is about to start enrolling this month, has attracted more than 100,000 students from all over the world to register.

Thinking back to the long line of students, parents, and teachers of all skin colors waiting outside the Peace Computer Research Center to go in for a visit, Zhuang Lin felt it was incredible.

Those foreigners actually said that the technology of the Peace Computer Research Center is the most advanced in the world!
The key point is that the Peace Computer Research Center does not keep those technologies completely confidential. As long as you can enroll in the Peace Vocational Training College, you can learn those computer-related technologies.

This made Zhuang Lin a little worried. Is it really appropriate to teach those computer technologies to foreigners?

Especially those Japanese students!
After Zhuang Lin and three colleagues rushed back to Shenzhen, they went to the Shenzhen government office building.

The reason they came back so quickly was related to the meeting being held in the conference room of the Shenfu Mansion.

The news that Zhang Heping had returned to Xiamen from Taiwan had spread. In order to ensure that the funds of Heping Investment Shenzhen Branch were invested in actual projects as soon as possible, the cooperation and communication team not only called in investment representatives from the Nuclear Industry Group and the Aerospace Group, but also called in investment representatives from Guangdong Province, Beihu Province, and Shanghai to a meeting.

When Zhuang Lin and his group entered the conference room, it was already in an uproar.

Zhang Pandi was holding a pen and was bored, not knowing what to write down. When she saw Zhuang Lin coming in, she waved at them and invited them to the empty seat next to her.

"What's the situation now?" Zhuang Lin sat down next to Zhang Pandi and asked in a low voice impatiently.

Zhang Pandi approached Zhuang Lin, put her left hand in front of her mouth, and whispered: "The Nuclear Industry Group can't come up with 5 million magnesium yuan, so it can't sign a cooperation agreement with the Shenzhen Branch of Peace Investment."

"They now want to cooperate with Guangdong Province, Beihu Province and Shanghai to build a nuclear power plant, but the nuclear power group jointly owned by Guangdong Province and Shanghai seems to have been approved. The three places don't want to cooperate with the nuclear power group, and then they started arguing."

Zhuang Lin looked at the silent group of people, raised his chin slightly, and asked in a low voice: "What's going on over there?"

"That's the representative of the Aerospace Group. They can't provide 10 launch services in the second half of the year, and they can't sign a cooperation agreement." Zhang Pandi said helplessly: "The investment representatives of the Nuclear Industry Group and the Aerospace Group have not completed their tasks. This is difficult!"

"Comrade Zhang Pandi!"

Just when Zhang Pandi was whispering with Zhuang Lin, the leader of the cooperation and communication group suddenly called Zhang Pandi's name.

"Here!" Zhang Pandi stood up quickly.

The head of the cooperation and communication team asked, "Can you confirm whether the Peace Group has ordered a satellite from the Japanese islanders?"

"I can't confirm this for now!" Zhang Pandi shook her head and said, "When Consultant Zhang comes back, I can try to ask him."

"Please take a seat!" The leader of the cooperation and communication team raised his right hand and pressed towards Zhang Pandi, then said to the others: "Let's talk about the cooperation issues of the Aerospace Group. We will discuss the nuclear power plant project later."

Let’s talk about it later, which means we can argue about it later!
The team leader couldn't stand it anymore and changed the subject directly, talking about the aerospace cooperation that there was no place to compete for.

"What's so good about the Aerospace Group's project?" A Shanghai investment representative said casually, "How many missions can you launch in the second half of the year? Just sign a contract with the Shenzhen Branch of Peace Investment."

"That's right, there's nothing to discuss!" Some of the investment representatives from Guangdong Province spoke up to support.

At present, only the investment promotion representatives of Beihu Province are silent and have not expressed any opinions since the meeting.

Zhuang Lin approached Zhang Pandi and asked quietly, "You really don't know whether the Peace Group has bought a satellite?"

Zhang Pandi replied in a low voice: "I haven't asked about this, but my brother said that he plans to let the precision instrument factory manufacture satellites."

Zhuang Lin was stunned for a moment. She really didn't expect that Zhang Heping's factory could also build satellites.

The meeting lasted for a long time, but no results were reached.

When Zhuang Lin was wondering why they were called to the meeting, the leader of the cooperation and communication team finally called her.

"Director Zhuang, you will probably contact Consultant Zhang later. Please find a suitable opportunity to help us promote project cooperation."

Zhuang Lin responded but showed no intention of getting up.

The matter of attracting investment had nothing to do with her mission of going south this time. It was good enough that she came to the meeting and agreed to help.

It is hard to say whether Zhuang Lin would attend the meeting if a stranger were to be the team leader.

As soon as Zhuang Lin sat down, he whispered to Zhang Pandi again, "Why didn't he ask you to promote it?"

"Yes!" Zhang Pandi looked at the podium and whispered, "They could have discussed the power grid, Internet, and communications projects first, but they refused to discuss them and insisted on dealing with the issues of the Nuclear Industry Group and the Aerospace Group first."

Zhuang Lin only thought about it for a moment and understood their intention.

If the controlling stake requirements of the Nuclear Industry Group and the Aerospace Group are implemented, it will be equivalent to prying open a door to cooperation. In subsequent cooperation negotiations, all requirements can be made to the Shenzhen Branch of Peace Investment based on this controlling stake.

Thinking of Zhang Heping's strong stance towards the Magnesium Embassy in Hong Kong, Zhuang Lin secretly thought that these people did not see the situation clearly and might end up with the opposite result.

That night, Zhang Pandi sent Zhuang Lin and the other three to the Peace Hotel before returning to Villa No. 4.

"Auntie Wang, why haven't you gone back to sleep yet?" Zhang Panddi looked at Liu Yuan and Huang Wenli sitting on the sofa and nodded to greet them.

"Have you had dinner, Pandi?" Mother Ma Xiuzhen stood up and asked. If Zhang Pandi said no, she would probably go to the kitchen to heat up some food.

Zhang Pandi put down her briefcase and responded, "Mom, I've eaten. If you and my dad are fine, go upstairs and rest first."

Ma Xiuzhen looked at Director Wang, and when she saw him nod at her, she responded.

Then, she went to get a kettle and put it next to the coffee table. "If you want some water, just pour it for yourself. Don't be polite."

"Aunt Ma, Uncle Zhang, you guys go to bed!" Liu Yuan said with a smile, "We'll talk to my second sister for a few words and then go back to bed."

After Ma Xiuzhen and Zhang Bing went upstairs, Director Wang Sumei said seriously, "Heping should be back in the next two days!"

...(End of chapter)