Break out of the courtyard

Two days later, the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory came up with a remedial plan, offering free replacements for batteries whose faults were not caused by external forces.

After 18 days of work, the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory only came up with such a mediocre solution, which is really hard to satisfy people.

Especially for those personal injuries and property losses caused by battery failure, who should compensate?

The first person to seek compensation from the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory was a Hong Kong businessman who produced mobile phones.

It is said that among the mobile phones sold by this Hong Kong businessman in recent months, there have been three cases of mobile phones exploding while charging, and 3 customers complained that the standby time of the mobile phones was not as long as other mobile phones.

The Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory listened to the demands of the Hong Kong businessman and provided a corresponding compensation plan.

However, just after the Hong Kong businessman signed the compensation agreement, he received news that the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory had terminated its battery supply contract.

Once this incident broke out, other factories that wanted to claim compensation chose to wait and see.

After all, they don't even have the courage to recall defective products, so how can we expect them to fight against the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory which has monopolized the production of lithium batteries.

Zhang Heping ignored the cheating behavior of Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory, nor did he ask about the losses of Heping Automobile Factory and Tingmei Trading Company. Instead, he asked Heping Investment and Stepmother Investment to make relevant rating reports on magnesium listed companies and began to spread the news that magnesium stocks were about to collapse.

Apart from this, he did not take any other actions. He continued to train assistants in the laboratory and prepare for the research of the underground base.

However, just because the small Hong Kong merchants cannot do anything to the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory does not mean that the two electric car manufacturers in Magnesium are also helpless against it.

With just one lawsuit, the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory was brought to the local court.

Although the local court's judgment cannot take effect directly on the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory, it can be brought to Shenzhen as auxiliary information and used to sue the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory again.

In addition, since the mainland has resumed its status as a contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, it has to take this type of cross-border litigation seriously.

Also because of the relationship between the contracting parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the mainland expressed serious dissatisfaction with Magnesium's unilateral proposal to impose a 100% tariff on automobiles and electronic products.

As the number of negotiations between the capital and the Magnesians increased, the Peace Group, the "culprit" that cut off the water, electricity and gas supplies to the Magnesium Embassy in Hong Kong, was brought to the table for open negotiations.

...

September 9, Tuesday evening.

Mr. Hua, Mr. Li, and Director Wang gathered at Zhang's house again and waited for Zhang Heping to come back for dinner.

"Heping, National Day is the day after tomorrow. You are invited to return to the capital to watch the National Day performance." Director Wang Sumei spoke first.

Then, they got the expected answer: No!

While inviting Director Wang, Mr. Hua and others to dinner, Zhang Heping walked towards the restaurant without any intention of participating in the National Day celebration.

Back when Zhang Heping was in school, a class of students was rehearsing hard to participate in the National Day performance.

Now, even when he was invited to be a guest on the show, he refused to go.

"Heping, this is it!" Old Li followed into the kitchen and said to Zhang Heping who was washing his hands, "We have also invited some people from Magnesium this time. The higher-ups want to help you mediate the conflict between the Heping Group and Magnesium to facilitate your export business."

"Mr. Li!" Zhang Heping frowned, not wanting to speak too harshly, so he said slowly: "What is the conflict between the Heping Group and the Magnesium Country? They want my technology, do you want me to hand over the technology?"

Zhang Heping wiped the water stains on his hands, walked around Mr. Li who was standing there, left the kitchen, and sat down at the dining table.

After the others washed their hands and sat down at the table, the concubine Chen Shuting said, "Husband, the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory still hasn't responded to our claim."

"It's okay!" Zhang Heping said indifferently: "You can have someone speed up the construction of the battery factory in Wucheng, and use the solid-state batteries we produce ourselves in the future."

Chen Shuting said "oh", glanced at Mr. Hua, Mr. Li and the others, and then concentrated on eating.

It was obvious that her question was directed to Mr. Li, Mr. Hua and others, but unfortunately they were still pondering the "contradiction" that Zhang Heping had just mentioned, and did not realize the crisis that the Shenzhen New Energy Battery Factory would be eliminated.

The magnesium guys provoked Zhang Heping first, and not only did they not apologize, they have now also initiated import restrictions on automobiles, electronic products, health products, and cosmetics.

Although the series of actions by the magnesium countrymen did not explicitly sanction the Peace Group, they covered the most profitable products of the Peace Group, causing a significant drop in the profits of Tingmei Trading.

The key issue is that Zhang Heping doesn’t seem to care about the losses of Tingmei Trading!
Mr. Hua touched the soup bowl with his left hand and asked in a deep voice, "Heping, what plans do you have? Can you tell us?"

Zhang Heping chewed a few times and swallowed the food in his mouth before saying, "The current Magnesium Country actually has a serious problem of currency over-issuance. Once the magnesium dollar loses its international credit, the Magnesium Country's economy is bound to collapse."

"Then, whether Magnesium will start a war or not is hard to say!"

"Before my satellite system is deployed, I will not affect the credit of the magnesium dollar. However, I will not sit idly by and wait for death. There will still be necessary counterattacks, such as against the stock market and futures market of magnesium!"

Director Wang frowned and asked, "Heping, what are you going to do with the magnesium stock market and futures market?"

"If Aunt Wang wants to know, just pay attention to the latest news from Heping Investment and Stepmother Investment." After Zhang Heping finished speaking, he picked up his chopsticks and started eating again.

Before Li Lao picked up his chopsticks, he asked in a serious tone: "Heping, do you really not want to repair the relationship with the Magnesium country?"

"Before the magnesium guy apologizes, there is no room for negotiation!" Zhang Heping replied in a firm tone, blocking any subsequent words that Mr. Li wanted to say.

"By the way, husband!" Xiaowu Chen Shuting interrupted, "We have already acquired 37% of Durex's shares and become its largest shareholder. Do you think we should continue to buy its shares?"

"Keep collecting!" Zhang Heping picked up a tissue and wiped his mouth. "Also, we can use the Durex brand on the Chameleon condoms produced in Banna for advertising and sales!"

As the topic shifted to condoms, Mr. Li, Mr. Hua, and Director Wang were reluctant to discuss the matter with the young people and all started eating in silence.

The Chameleon condoms from Banna are color-changing condoms developed to target sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis, HIV, human papillomavirus, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

There are 10 in a box, each targeting a high-risk infectious disease.

That is to say, a box of 10 condoms can detect 10 high-risk sexually transmitted diseases.

So the question is, if you use a syphilis test condom and it doesn't change color, is it still necessary to try again with a condom for HIV testing or a condom for Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing?
Da Congming would definitely take out all 10 condoms in a box and try them out, and then he would fall into Zhang Heping's trap of selling color-changing condoms by different types, thereby promoting the sales of Chameleon condoms.

This trap is designed for those who like to go out and mess around.

Compared to the cost of booking a hotel room and the subsequent cost of treating vaginal diseases, how much is a box of condoms worth?

As for honest people, after seeing the advertisement of Chameleon condoms, they will probably buy a box to try.

The next morning, Mr. Li asked Zhang Heping again. After Zhang Heping again refused to go to the capital to meet the magnesium boss, Mr. Li and Mr. Hua took a car to Huadu, and then flew back to the capital. Zhang Heping continued to concentrate on his teaching work in the laboratory.

…Most people know that when you are busy, time flies by quickly, and half a month can go by in the blink of an eye.

What made Zhang Heping pay attention to the date again was not the possible stock market crash in New York, but the Aso couple from Japan.

After Zhang Heping learned about their coming at noon, he did not meet them immediately. Instead, he waited until after dinner before taking time to go to the Peace Hotel opposite the college.

"Mr. Zhang, long time no see!" The Aso couple came to the tea room on the third floor and bowed to Zhang Heping together.

Then, amid Zhang Heping's polite words, he sat down at the table opposite Zhang Heping.

After the two of them sat down, Zhang Heping asked straight to the point, "What's the matter with you two coming to see me this time?"

The Aso couple looked at each other, and then Mrs. Aso, the third daughter of the Suzuki family, said, "Mr. Zhang, the restrictions imposed by the Magnesium country on automobiles and electronic products last month, as well as the 100% tariff increase, must have caused great losses to the Peace Group!"

Zhang Heping nodded and said casually: "It's not a big problem to lose a few billion!"

"Hey!" Mrs. Aso lowered her head and said in agreement, "With Mr. Zhang's financial resources, this loss is really nothing. But for our Japanese automobile and home appliance industries, it is like a calamity!"

Zhang Heping picked up the teacup, frowned and asked, "Are you here to persuade me to reconcile with the Magnesium guy?"

"No! No!" Vice Minister Aso waved his hands and hurriedly denied it.

Miss Suzuki next to her also hurriedly shook her head, "Mr. Zhang has misunderstood! We came here this time to cooperate with Mr. Zhang's Peace Investment and Stepmother Investment Company to short magnesium stocks together..."

Zhang Heping nodded and smiled when he heard this: "Shorting magnesium stocks and then buying stocks of automobile and electrical appliance companies in magnesium at a low price is a good idea!"

"However, I am not interested in the Magnesium Company. I just want to teach the Magnesium guys a lesson!"

Most foreigners cannot understand the term "long memory".

Fortunately, the Aso couple had studied Chinese language intensively in recent years in order to send the Japanese islanders to the Peace Vocational Training College, so they understood the word "long memory" here, which means "lesson".

Vice Minister Aso said sincerely: "If Mr. Zhang is worried that the Magnesium people will freeze your assets, you can control a few Japanese companies as a springboard, and then indirectly control the Magnesium companies, and finally sell the products to Magnesium in the form of OEM products."

"October 10th!" Zhang Heping said the date calmly.

The Aso couple were stunned and didn't react at first.

Miss Suzuki saw Zhang Heping getting up and about to leave, so she hurriedly chased after him and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Zhang, are you sure about Monday three days later?"

Mrs. Aso obviously understood Zhang Heping's meaning and shorted magnesium stocks on October 10!
In other words, the couple has completed half of their mission on this trip!
"How do you know if you don't try?" Zhang Heping left an ambiguous remark and left with two bodyguards.

The Aso couple looked at each other, then followed him out of the Peace Hotel and watched Zhang Heping return to the Peace College across the street.

Vice Minister Aso looked around, walked to the side of the road with his wife, and whispered in Japanese: "Today is Friday, we need to find a computer to check the situation of magnesium stocks, if..."

Miss Suzuki raised her right hand and waved at her man. "The task of dealing with Magnesium Stock has been completed. We should report the news on October 10th in time, and then investigate what the Peace College in Shenzhen is researching that made Zhang Sang ignore the business in Hong Kong Island."

Vice Minister Aso glanced at the buildings, fences, pedestrians, and guards across the street and asked, "Could they be researching smartphones? Mr. Zhang mentioned before that this academy was built to train workers."

Miss Suzuki frowned. "Based on the current information, the possibility of a smartphone is the greatest. However, the fact that Shenzhen Nanshan is under martial law and people are not allowed to enter the mountain is strange. There must be some big secret."

Vice Minister Aso looked ahead at the Nanshan Mountain, which was only a few hundred meters high, and couldn't help but sigh, "It would be great if we could take a helicopter and take a look around!"

In the following two days, Heping Investment and Stepmother Investment worked overtime to obtain ratings for listed companies in the United States.

According to Zhang Heping's request, they did not vilify any listed company in the United States, but added a sentence after various rating comments, "The stock price is inflated!"

On October 10, Zhang Heping went to the laboratory as usual during the day.

It was not until after dinner that Zhang Heping went to the study on the second floor to look at the stock market trends of various countries.

Yes, he was simply watching and did not mobilize funds to short magnesium stocks.

He wanted to see whether the stock markets of various countries, which had experienced a stock market crash at the beginning of the year, would experience another stock market crash!
...

Fuji Bank Hong Kong Island Branch, Central, Hong Kong Island.

In the conference room, the Aso couple were each looking at a laptop computer. On their left and right, Japanese men and women were sitting around the rectangular conference table looking at the computers in front of them.

"Vice Minister Aso, will Mr. Zhang really go all out to short magnesium stocks tonight?" The old man in a black suit sitting opposite Aso Taro hesitated.

"Even if he wants to short magnesium stocks, the financial institutions in the country won't agree. According to our plan, we will first suppress the exchange rate of the magnesium dollar, and then..."

"President!" A young man in a black suit sitting at the end of the conference table said excitedly, "I received news that the Hong Kong Island branches of the five major banks in the United States have opened 5 new bank accounts today, which is two hundred times more than usual."

The old man in the black suit asked hurriedly, "Can you detect the financial movements of those accounts?"

The Aso couple ignored the conversation of the bank staff and focused on checking the prices of listed stocks, especially those labeled "acquisition".

"It's falling!" a young Japanese man exclaimed, "The Dow Jones Index fell 67 points at the opening!"

"There are millions of sell orders for MBI and Intel stocks!" Another exclamation sounded!

"There are also a large number of sell orders for GM and Ford stocks!"

"Red! Red! At least two-thirds of the stocks are falling!"

"DuPont triggered the circuit breaker mechanism and suspended trading! It's only been less than 5 minutes since the opening, and the stock price has fallen so sharply!"

“Schlumberger has also triggered a trading halt!”

"MBI has also been suspended! My God, how much money did Mr. Zhang use to drive down the stock prices of so many big companies!"

"President, should we use the tactic of helping the old lady down the stairs?"

"Help me! Sell your stocks now, or you'll miss out!"

"Oh no! The sharp drop in magnesium stocks this time will affect the decline of our Japanese stocks as well?"

"It all fell last time, and it will definitely fall this time. I will sell all my Japanese stocks tomorrow morning!"

...(End of chapter)