Break out of the courtyard

The night of October 1987, 10, and the early morning of October 19, in Shenzhen seemed quite quiet, just like any other night. It was not as noisy as the Hong Kong Island on the other side of the strait, not to mention the booming New York financial market on the other side of the earth!
That night, many people called Zhang Heping's cell phone and Zhang's family landline, but no one got through.

After Director Wang Sumei received a call from the capital, she wanted to go to Zhang's house next door to ask about Zhang Heping's situation, but was stopped by Liu Yuan.

According to Liu Yuan's original words, Zhang Heping had already said in advance that he would deal with Magnesium's stock market and futures market. Why are you asking so late?
Ask him what he did to the country of magnesium and why he did it?
Or, to stop him from dealing with the magnesium stock market?
When Director Wang thought of Zhang Heping's stubborn temper, he gave up his plan to find Zhang Heping to inquire about him that night.

It was not until the next morning that Director Wang got up early and stopped Zhang Heping who was returning from his morning run and asked him about what happened in the magnesium stock market last night.

"I told you, I haven't mobilized funds to attack the magnesium stock market yet. Do you believe me, Aunt Wang?" Zhang Heping wiped his sweat with a towel while smiling.

"I believe this!" Although Director Wang did not contact Zhang Heping last night, he still called several contacts of Yan Qun and learned that the companies under the Heping Group were not working overtime to trade stocks, and there were no signs of large-scale fund transfers.

Director Wang Sumei followed Zhang Heping into the Zhang family and frowned, "Heping, how did you cause the magnesium stock market to plummet when you didn't mobilize funds?"

"I just asked Heping Investment to do some investigation and rating on magnesium listed companies, reminding investors to be careful of the plunge in magnesium stocks. In addition, other people with ulterior motives wanted to short magnesium stocks, so the magnesium stock market fell." Zhang Heping explained casually and walked into the kitchen to make breakfast.

The New York stock market crash is far from as simple as Zhang Heping said!
However, Wang Sumei was obviously not interested in delving into that. "Heping, can we just leave it at that?"

Zhang Heping did not respond, so Wang Sumei had to explain: "Mr. Hua called me last night, hoping that I could persuade you..."

"Persuade me to return to Hong Kong Island? Or persuade me to immigrate to the United States?" Zhang Heping said calmly: "I am now a world-class capitalist, and my relationship with China is just a partnership. If the higher-ups think I am an eyesore, I can take my family abroad immediately!"

Wang Sumei was so angry at Zhang Heping's rebuke that she felt a tightness in her chest. "Mr. Hua and the others just want you to ease the conflict with the Magnesian people. Peace brings wealth, understand?"

Zhang Heping cracked the eggs while calmly saying, "If I wanted to make money, I could have made at least 1 billion magnesium dollars by taking advantage of the plunge in the magnesium stock market last night. How do you want me to make money peacefully? I've been very restrained, okay!"

"Brat!" Wang Sumei was so shocked that she didn't know what to say!
This guy opened his mouth and mentioned 1 billion magnesium yuan, as if making money is as easy as drinking water.

The key point is that this brat is really good at making money, and Wang Sumei couldn't think of any rebuttal for a while.

Zhang Heping said calmly: "I have already said that those who shorted the magnesium stock market were other people with ulterior motives. I just went with the flow and gave them a push!"

...

New York, Wall Street.

"It must be the Peace Group!" A brown-haired and bearded man said firmly, "This is their counterattack against our country of Magnesium!"

"I also think that this wave of stock market crash is manipulated by the Peace Group behind the scenes!" A young man in a black suit nodded and agreed, "Their Peace Investment Company has been spreading the news that our magnesium stock market is going to collapse by rating listed companies since last month!"

"Where's the evidence?" A middle-aged blonde woman folded her arms in front of her and frowned. "Although we found that 5 accounts in Hong Kong Island were abnormal, who can prove that those accounts are related to the Peace Group?"

"Besides, there are more abnormal accounts in our country of Magnesium. Are they all related to the Peace Group?"

A young man holding a coffee cup snorted, "The Special Intelligence Bureau doesn't need any evidence!"

"The people in the Special Intelligence Agency are shit!" Another young man said, "They can't even catch the boss behind the Peace Group, and they were exposed for using poison ice bullets and hiding explosives on the plane. What a bunch of idiots!"

Someone nearby echoed, "I think this wave of stock market crash is all due to the incompetence of the people in the Special Intelligence Agency!"

"Everyone, are you all free?" A middle-aged man in a blue suit came over and asked seriously, "Don't you know that the Japanese stock market is about to open? Why don't you go back to your workstations?"

...

Higashima Toudou, Suzuki family.

Former Mayor Suzuki held the phone and listened to his third daughter, who was far away in Hong Kong Island, telling about the conversation she had with Zhang Heping a few days ago.

"That is to say, on October 10, he was certain that the magnesium stock market would plummet on October 16?" Former Mayor Suzuki frowned and asked, "Can we find out how much money he used?"

"Father!" Miss Suzuki said on the other end of the line, "Mr. Zhang didn't say magnesium stocks would plummet on the 16th. He only mentioned this time when we invited him to short magnesium stocks together."

"I think when he said that, he agreed to short magnesium with us on the 19th."

"But the problem is that our intelligence personnel have not found any signs that the Peace Group and its subsidiaries have moved funds to invest in magnesium stocks."

Former Mayor Suzuki frowned and said, "What about Peace Investment? Didn't they transfer 450 billion magnesium yuan to Shenzhen? Is it possible that this money is shorting magnesium stocks?"

There was silence on the other end of the line for a while before Miss Suzuki's voice came out, "We haven't found any abnormal funds transfer out of Bank of China yet, so we can't rule out this possibility!"

The former mayor Suzuki thought for a moment and continued on the phone: "Japanese stocks will definitely be affected by the New York stock market crash today, and then there will be a sharp drop in the market. You contact Zhang Sang and try to get him to invest to stabilize the Japanese stock market!"

...

Datang Investment Headquarters Building in Central, Hong Kong Island.

"Who has contacted the fund manager of Heping Investment?" The third brother Tang Qiang stood outside the office door and shouted towards the large office area.

As a result, no one responded to him!

The female secretary was afraid that Tang Qiang would be embarrassed, so she asked weakly from behind her desk, "Boss Tang, have you contacted the richest man, Zhang?"

Tang Qiang's mouth twitched at this. He pretended not to hear the secretary's question and said loudly to the fund manager in the large office area: "If you can't get in touch with them by phone, go to their company and ask the fund manager you know how long this wave of decline will last!"

"Boss!" A young man in the large office raised his hand and said, "How can we possibly get such confidential information!"

"What's more, the Japanese stock market is about to open, and we have to take the opportunity to sell our stocks to avoid being stuck at a high price!"

"Boss, Mr. Zhang is your uncle. Why don't you just ask Mr. Zhang directly?" Someone else spoke, but the person who spoke was nowhere to be seen.

Tang Qiang said unhappily: "If I can contact him, why do you need to ask the fund manager of Peace Investment?"

"The Peace Investment Company has been spreading news that the magnesium stock market is going to collapse since last month. Why didn't the boss think of asking in advance?" Another voice was heard without a human voice.

"Do you think the current stock market crash in the country of magnesium is an act of revenge by the Peace Group?"

"Of course! Apart from them, which other company has such strength?"

"At the beginning of the year, there was a stock market crash in Magnesium. Logically, there shouldn't be a second stock market crash this year. Therefore, last night's stock market crash in Magnesium must have been man-made, and it was most likely caused by the Heping Group!" Tang Qiang saw that people in the large office area were chatting again, and he turned around and went back to his office helplessly.

Not to mention that people outside suspected that the magnesium stock market crash last night was caused by the Heping Group, even Tang Qiang and his elder brother Tang Lie thought so.

Unfortunately, Zhang Heping's family is far away in Shenzhen, and it is not convenient for Tang Qiang to go there for the time being.

Because the magnesium stock market crash at the beginning of the year caused a sharp drop in stock markets in various countries. For the sake of the financial security of his own company, Tang Qiang did not dare to leave at this time.

After all, half of Datang’s investment funds were borrowed, and the capital chain cannot be broken!
...

Capital Airport, departure hall.

Mr. Hua held up his phone, frowned, and asked, "Can Huang Wenli check the financial movements of the various companies in the Peace Group?"

Director Wang on the other end of the phone also frowned, "I checked, the funds in their accounts at Bank of China and Huifeng Bank have not been moved yet! But I'm worried that he used a loan!"

Mr. Hua seemed to be tired of holding the phone, so he raised it to his ear with his left hand and said in a deep voice, "Keep your doubts for now, and let's believe that what Heping said is true."

"Then the question is, if you want Heping to stop the magnesium stock market from continuing to fall, you will have to use the money in the Heping Group's account, and he will definitely not be willing to do that."

"I don't want to either!" Director Wang's serious voice came out of the receiver, "Once the money reaches the Magnesium country, the Magnesium guys will use it to blackmail the Peace Group. This situation must not happen."

Mr. Hua nodded, confirming Director Wang's idea, and then said: "So, there is no need to persuade Heping to stop the decline of the magnesium stock market. Let's wait and see what happens."

"I suspect that the decline in magnesium stocks is just the beginning, and he will have follow-up actions. Otherwise, he would not have ignored the plunge in magnesium stocks last night. Just like he said, as long as he wanted, he could easily make back 1 billion magnesium dollars!"

Director Wang, who was far away in Shenzhen, said worriedly on the phone: "If there is a follow-up action, I really don't know what shocking move he will make. I hope it won't get out of control!"

"Don't worry, that kid is very smart!" Elder Hua comforted him, "He brought his family to Shenzhen a few months ago. He must have anticipated the current situation."

"I was inconsiderate last night and asked you to ask him some questions you shouldn't have. Don't ask him questions in the future. Just pay attention to his subsequent actions. Your focus should still be on the construction of those new factories."

Director Wang said yes and asked, "Mr. Hua, when will you be back?"

"I still need to urge for some equipment. The laboratory in Heping is waiting for them." Mr. Hua tried to slow down his tone and encouraged Wang Sumei:
"Heping only says angry words occasionally because he is close to you. Did he express any negative emotions when he talked to me and other people?"

"Believe it or not, if I dismiss you, that guy will get mad at me! He might even quit his job!"

...

Shenzhen, Peace Vocational Training College.

Zhang Heping was in the laboratory all morning and did not pay attention to the stock markets of various countries, because they were bound to be affected by the decline, but the extent of the decline would vary.

However, after Zhang Heping left the laboratory, he was told that many people outside the college were looking for him.

Among them, Huifeng Chairman Shen Bi and Hong Kong Chinese Business Association President He forced him to go out and deal with them.

Initially, Zhang Heping asked Chen Shuting to manage the Heping Group because he didn't want to have to deal with these social events.

Because of his plug-in, he needs time to idle, and wastes time on socializing. His plug-in has become a vulgar thing, and he can only be a rich man for a hundred years in this life.

When President He of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce saw Zhang Heping getting off the car, he took two paper bags from the young man next to him and said, "Mr. Zhang, I heard that Ms. Chen's due date is approaching. These are the codonopsis and angelica that my wife specially selected. It's just a small token of my appreciation."

"Thank you. I will bring Shu Ting to thank you in person at the child's 100-day party." Zhang Heping took the paper bag and handed it to the bodyguard behind him.

Zhang Heping then greeted Huifeng Chairman Shen Bi who came empty-handed, and then looked at the others. The Aso couple were among them, which made Zhang Heping laugh secretly. The Japanese had taken the bait.

After Zhang Heping greeted the others, he pointed diagonally across the street and said, "Let's go to the Peace Hotel across the street and eat and chat!"

Just as Zhang Heping expected, the Aso couple came to ask him to invest to stabilize the Japanese stock market, hoping to use this to test the financial movements of the Heping Group.

The purpose of Shen Bi and the three American hawks coming here is very simple, to confirm whether the Peace Group will maintain the stability of the Hong Kong stock market and the London stock market.

The purpose of Chairman He and other Hong Kong businessmen coming here is a little complicated. They want Zhang Heping to stabilize the Hong Kong stock market, but they don't want the Heping Group to hold a controlling stake in their company.

In response, Zhang Heping agreed to all the requests and was very straightforward.

A Hong Kong businessman who makes machinery saw that the main task was completed and immediately became curious, "Mr. Zhang, I heard that you have invested in many new factories in Shenzhen, and even took over Dapeng Peninsula?"

Zhang Heping nodded without further explanation.

"Mr. Zhang, where is your smartphone factory built?" A Hong Kong businessman engaged in electrical appliances asked the question that most people were wondering.

"The mobile phone assembly plant has not been built yet. It may be built in Luohu in the future. We will have to ask the Shenzhen government for its opinion at that time." Zhang Heping replied casually to prevent them from sending people to search randomly and affecting the production of other factories.

"Mr. Zhang, you founded the Peace Vocational Training College in Shenzhen. When do you plan to recruit students?" The old man who asked the question had business dealings with the Japanese islanders.

Zhang Heping guessed that this old man was sent by the Aso couple to gather intelligence on the opposite college.

"It will probably take two or three years before we can recruit students from outside." Zhang Heping said casually, "At present, we are still training teachers and organizing courseware and teaching materials. The students we recruit in the future will be trained in the factory here. We don't have the energy to train students from outside for the time being."

The old man asked, "Mr. Zhang, are you training technicians for the smartphone factory here?"

"Not all of them!" Zhang Heping shook his head slightly, then looked at other people, picked a topic at random, and left the old man aside.

Others were just curious about Shenzhen Peace College and didn't necessarily need to know what was taught there. After all, Zhang Heping had already revealed some content, and asking further questions would seem tactless.

The old man glanced at Vice Minister Aso inconspicuously, and when he saw the other party shaking his head slightly, he breathed a sigh of relief and secretly thought that his business was stable.

After eating and drinking, Zhang Heping said frankly that he had things to do at the college, so he said goodbye to everyone and went back.

After getting Zhang Heping's promise, most of these people chose to return to Hong Kong Island in the afternoon. Only the Aso couple stayed at the Heping Hotel again. It was obvious that they were not satisfied with the little information they had just collected about Heping College.

...(End of chapter)