Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 717 Busy
After the Zhang family finished their dinner, Mr. Hua, Director Wang and others still did not leave.

They sat in the living room and communicated with Zhang Heping about the construction and talent training on the Greenhouse Peninsula, the new factory on the Guangka Factory side, and the personnel training on the new factory in Wucheng, etc.

The few of them chatted until 9 o'clock in the evening, when Mr. Li returned from a meeting with the cooperation and communication group.

"Mr. Li, have you eaten?" Zhang Heping stood up to greet him and helped Mr. Li hang his raincoat aside.

"I've eaten!" Mr. Li replied, then took the white towel handed to him by Zhang Pandi.

Zhang Heping looked at his second sister Zhang Pandi and said, "Then drink a bowl of hot chicken soup to drive away the cold and avoid catching a cold."

The latter understood and walked quickly towards the kitchen.

While wiping the water stains off his body, Mr. Li said, "This rainstorm came at a bad time. Many construction projects have been suspended, which has delayed things!"

Zhang Heping smiled and didn't respond. He found a pair of slippers for Mr. Li, and then led Mr. Li to sit on the sofa.

Mr. Hua handed a cup of hot tea to Mr. Li and said, "Mr. Li, what did the cooperation communication team say? Should we borrow money to build the power grid and the Internet, or should we do it in a joint venture like the Southern Power Company?"

Mr. Li did not rush to answer, but looked at Zhang Heping and asked, "Heping, if a targeted treasury bond is issued, how much can you subscribe to? Also, do you have any requirements for the term and interest rate?"

Zhang Heping raised his chin towards Huang Wenli, "What do you think, Manager Huang?"

Huang Wenli had obviously thought about this issue a long time ago, and then said: "Mr. Li, the requirements of our Shenzhen Branch of Peace Investment are very simple. We will pay interest once a year, and the funds will be used for the construction of power grids, the Internet, and communication facilities."

"As for how many government bonds can be subscribed, it depends on factors such as the corresponding government bond interest rate, term, and capital flow."

Mr. Li frowned and said in a deep voice: "Some people are worried that the money borrowed from issuing government bonds cannot be used for its intended purpose, which will affect the speed of power grid construction. Others are opposed to joint ventures in building power grids, fearing that state-owned assets will flow out and electricity prices will be controlled."

Zhang Heping remained silent. This was the job of Huang Wenli, general manager of Heping Investment Shenzhen Branch. He had already communicated with Huang Wenli about the precautions for investing in power grids, the Internet, and communications.

Huang Wenli continued, "Mr. Li, we can put the power grid issue on hold for now. Is there any progress in the Internet and communications sector?"

"The post office wants to set up a joint venture telecommunications company with you. They are currently drawing up a plan and should be communicating with your negotiation team in a couple of days." After saying this, Mr. Li took away the teacup on the coffee table in front of him and asked Zhang Pandi to bring over the chicken soup.

Zhang Heping suddenly stood up and said, "Manager Huang can decide on the investment. I'm going to the study to write the courseware."

Everyone knows that Zhang Heping has been very busy recently. Not only is he dealing with matters related to the underground base of Shenzhen Peace College, but he is also dealing with the enrollment issues of Hong Kong Peace College, as well as employee training issues for new factories such as Wucheng and Dapeng Peninsula.

Even the problems of nuclear power plant construction and labor shortage of the Nuclear Power Group and Nuclear Industry Group came all at once.

Even though Zhang Heping looks like he doesn't want to participate in the cooperation negotiations, it's only once the cooperation project is finalized that the role of Zhang Heping, a technical expert, will be truly revealed.

After Zhang Heping went upstairs, Mr. Hua, Mr. Li and others briefly arranged the rest of the work, then put on the black standard raincoat and rain boots issued by Heping College and left Zhang's house.

Upstairs, as soon as Zhang Heping entered the study, his eldest son Zhang Bei and second daughter Zhang Nan came over and said that they both wanted to go back to Hong Kong Island.

Zhang Bei went back to work on a gaming platform, which required him to go to the Peace Computer Research Center in Central.

Zhang Nan went back because their company's global bidding meeting was approaching and she wanted to host it.

"I don't recommend you handle it yourself." Zhang Heping sat down at his desk, reaching for his computer and saying, "If anything happens to you in Hong Kong Island, whether it's the work of the Magnesium guys or not, I will deal with the Magnesium guys first, which will further aggravate the conflict between us and the Magnesium guys."

Zhang Bei let out a sigh and gave up helplessly.

Zhang Nan came behind her father Zhang Heping, pressed his shoulders, and begged, "Dad, will you and stepmother return to Hong Kong Island soon? If so, I will go with you. Is that okay?"

Zhang Heping thought for a while and said, "I've been quite busy recently. I have to take advantage of the typhoon weather to finish the preparatory work for some engineering projects. I guess I won't be able to go to Hong Kong Island until the beginning of next month."

"If you plan to take a leave from school, you can come back to Hong Kong Island with me."

Zhang Nan said in embarrassment: "Our identities are sensitive in domestic schools. If other students know about it, I will take leave to deal with company matters..."

Zhang Nan shook his head and gave up the plan of going to Hong Kong Island.

Feeling his second daughter's hands withdraw, Zhang Heping smiled and said, "You have to learn to manage the company remotely, so that you can better cope with future multinational businesses and multinational subsidiaries."

After taking care of his two children's affairs, Zhang Heping finally had time to look at the computer.

With the rapid recovery of the Japanese stock market, the stock markets of European and American countries have also recovered a lot.

In particular, the Dow Jones Index in Magnesium has recently hit new highs.

In this regard, Zhang Heping couldn't help but wonder whether the stock market crash that occurred in October 87 in his previous life would happen again.

...

The next day, Wednesday.

Peace Vocational Training College Sports Stadium, Central, Hong Kong Island.

Countless candidates never expected that even though there were heavy rains for several days, the entrance examination here was not postponed or moved to an indoor venue.

Like in previous years, the stadium was filled with neatly arranged tables and chairs, but now they were all exposed to the heavy rain without any shelter.

The candidates who were sitting in the audience seats holding umbrellas and wearing raincoats, or those who were still queuing outside, were racking their brains to figure out how the exam would be conducted.

Soon, the first round of exams began.

Under the gaze of countless candidates, candidates who had lost their umbrellas and raincoats rushed to the tables and chairs in the venue and took the test paper sealed in the plastic envelope on the table.

Just when some candidates were at a loss and didn't know how to answer the questions in the heavy rain, the bell for the exam rang.

[This exam has begun. You have 5 minutes to answer the questions! ]

As the broadcasts sounded all around, more than half of the candidates in the venue squatted down and hid under the tables to avoid the rain, trying not to get their paper test papers wet.

The remaining candidates also realized it later and squatted down to look at the questions on the test paper under the table.

The examinees in the audience seats all felt relieved when they saw this, thinking to themselves that it was not a bad thing...

[This exam is over. Please put the test paper on the table. If you continue to move the paper, it will be considered cheating and your test score will be reset to zero! ]

[In the next month, if any candidate has a cold, they can bring their exam certificate to Heping Hospital for free treatment. ]

Time passed too quickly, and before the female voice on the radio had finished speaking, the candidates in the room became chaotic.

Some people got up too quickly and hit their heads on the table, and some even knocked over the table, soaking the test papers that were not wet to begin with. Others took off their coats and held them in front of them to cover the test papers in plastic envelopes, waiting for the invigilator to come and take them away.

There were also candidates whose test papers were wet and who were unable to answer the questions. They crumpled up their test papers and threw them on the ground, then left the exam room angrily.

The Aso couple were waiting outside the stadium wearing black raincoats and rain boots. When they saw the candidates coming out, they immediately sent someone to inquire.

A moment later, a sweet-looking mixed-race white-skinned girl wearing a transparent plastic raincoat ran back, bowed to the Aso couple, then approached and said, "The question just now was, if two armies were fighting and met in a canyon on a rainy day, would they retreat?"

The Aso couple looked at each other and frowned.

Mrs. Aso looked at the pretty girl who was a head taller than her and asked, "Minako, how did you answer this question?"

"Hey!" The girl called Minako responded first, then slowly said: "I answered this question with 'When two brave men meet on a narrow road, the bravest one wins.'"

Vice Minister Aso frowned and said, "Don't you consider the number and morale of the two armies? When mainlanders talk about military affairs, they often mention the weather, the terrain, and the people. Since this question mentions the weather of heavy rain and the terrain of the canyon, the answer must fall on the word 'people'!"

"Hey! Minako, I've learned your lesson!" The beautiful girl bowed again, with no expression changing on her face. She just quietly and wetly stepped aside.

In other words, Zhang Heping, the person who set the question, is not here, otherwise Vice Minister Aso, who is a person of imagination, would have to be taught a lesson.

Because the standard answer given by Zhang Heping is "The brave wins when two meet on a narrow road"!
I wonder if Vice Minister Aso, who thinks too much, will feel ashamed after Minako successfully enters the Peace Vocational Training College!

...

Unlike the bustling stadium next door, the number of patients and their families coming to the Peace Hospital for treatment was more than half less than usual due to the heavy rain.

However, even if there are fewer people in the hospital, there are still people who make trouble without considering other people's feelings.

"No! I'm well now. I want to be discharged from the hospital! I want to go back to Xindao!" Tang Yi's voice spread from the third floor to the lobby on the first floor.

This guy stayed in Heping Hospital for more than twenty days. The inflammation in his body improved a lot, and he finally had the energy to yell at his old father.

Tang Ming, who had just returned from Taiwan, frowned and looked at his second son's attending physician, "Doctor Tian, ​​do you think Tang Yi can be discharged from the hospital now?"

Dr. Tian, ​​wearing a mask, gloves and goggles, said casually: "The patient's inflammation is only temporarily under control. If he chooses to go home for recuperation, he needs to take medicine on time to avoid recurrence."

"Also, we don't know how long the rainstorm will last, so be careful not to let him catch a cold."

After hearing the doctor's answer, Tang Yi hurriedly said, "Dad, you heard it, I can really be discharged from the hospital!"

"Just be patient!" Tang Ming said to Tang Yi, then took out his cell phone and went outside to call his fourth son-in-law Zhang Heping.

Zhang Heping was in class at the time and his cell phone was turned off.

The key point is that he forgot that Tang Yi was still in hospital.

Fortunately, the phone call went in circles and Zhang Heping learned about the matter at noon, which gave him some time to buffer his anger.

Zhang Heping then called his father-in-law Tang Ming back and learned that Tang Ming had taken Tang Yi out of the hospital and returned to Tang Yi's home on the top of Taiping Mountain.

Reminded by Tang Yi's incident, Zhang Heping took some time to go to the study, wrote down the side effects of the western medicines that the head of the Jiang family had used before in an email, sent an email to the Jiang family, and asked Wei Chunqiao, general manager of the Umbrella Company, to call the Jiang family in Taiwan to remind them to check their emails.

When Zhang Heping first learned what Western medicine the head of the Jiang family was taking, he already knew the side effects of those medicines, but he kept this card in reserve.

It was not until he went to Taiwan that he revealed the fact that the Magnesium guy was plotting to harm the head of the Jiang family in front of everyone in the Jiang family. This made the angry Jiang family members feel resistant to the Magnesium guy and would not join forces with him to deal with him.

Zhang Heping didn't know that the head of the Jiang family asked the eldest son of the Jiang family to be patient, but he just felt that things should be done from beginning to end.

Since he had taken away the western medicine that the head of the Jiang family had taken before, he had to tell the Jiang family the test results of the medicine to deepen the rift between them and the Magnesium people. Maybe he could use this matter to his advantage in the future.

It is not known whether Zhang Heping's email had an effect, but Zheng Lijun, who originally stayed in Hong Kong Island, was ready to immigrate to Hong Kong Island after failing three times in applying to Taiwan Island for permission to visit relatives in mainland China.

As a result, that evening, she received a reply of consent from Taiwan.

The next morning, the popular actress excitedly contacted Zhang Nan and expressed her desire to visit Mr. Zhang in Shenzhen to thank him in person for giving her the song.

Unfortunately, at that time, although Zheng Lijun's songs were very popular among young people in mainland China, they were openly labeled as decadent music.

Therefore, when Zheng Lijun applied to the mainland for permission to return home to visit her relatives, she encountered obstacles again.

However, the fact that Zheng Lijun, a famous Taiwanese actress, returned to the mainland to visit her relatives has strong political significance.

Therefore, Zheng Lijun's application to return home to visit relatives was submitted to the capital via Huadu, and went through layers of research and approval.

By the time Zheng Lijun got the pass, Zhang Nan's Global Trading Company had already finished its global bidding in Hong Kong Island.

"Sister Jun, if you don't come, I will go back to the capital to study!" Zhang Nan picked up Zheng Lijun and her female assistant at the train station, and happily led them into the car.

"Xiao Nan, isn't Shencheng a small fishing village?" Zheng Lijun looked at the street view outside the car window in surprise, "I feel that this place is more lively than Gaocheng on the island of Taiwan!"

Zhang Nan sat nearby and said with a smile, "It used to be a small fishing village, but it's not anymore! Look at the tall buildings over there, and over there."

"My dad said that Shenzhen's development has just started, and in the future it will become an international metropolis comparable to Hong Kong Island."

Zheng Lijun smiled and said, "If someone else said this, no one would believe it. But since it's Mr. Zhang who said this, I definitely believe it. With Mr. Zhang's vision and your family's financial support, it won't be a problem for us to be on par with the United States and New York in the future!"

"Sister Jun, please don't mention the word Magnesium in front of my dad. He doesn't like Magnesium people right now." Zhang Nan reminded her, and then talked about the development of Shenzhen in recent years.

After the two cars drove back to Nanshan, Zhang Nan first took Zheng Lijun to the Peace Hotel to book a room. After putting down their luggage, he took Zheng Lijun alone to Shenzhen Peace College.

Along the way, Zheng Lijun kept looking around, wondering why Shenzhen has so many skyscrapers and what other cities in the mainland would be like.

"With your Taiwanese identity, you are not allowed to come in." Zhang Nan said to the curious baby Zheng Lijun when registering at the entrance of the college:

"However, my dad said that these things in the academy will be open to the public in a few years, so there is no need to be so strict."

"Okay, Sister Jun, come here, face the camera and register. You will have to register again when you come out later."

After completing the registration at the gate, Zheng Lijun returned to the car and asked, "The security here is so strict, is it really okay for me to go in?"

"This college hasn't started recruiting students yet. As long as you don't go to the laboratory building or the teaching building, there will be no problem." Zhang Nan looked at Zheng Lijun who nodded hurriedly and said with a smile:
"In fact, even if you run over, there won't be any problem. Because there are guards blocking the places you can't enter, and you can go anywhere without guards."

(End of this chapter)