Break out of the courtyard

After seeing off Mr. Hua and others, more than an hour passed before the three siblings Zhang Bei, Zhang Nan and Zhang Nian came back.

They originally planned to fly with Ou Yanzi from the capital to Huadu, and then be picked up by bodyguards and brought to Shenzhen.

But as soon as Zhang Bei and Zhang Nan arrived in Shenzhen, they went to visit their respective companies and did not return until dinner time.

For this reason, when Tang Xin saw the three of them, she complained to them, blaming them for not being home.

Because tomorrow is Zhang Heping's 38th birthday and fourth daughter Zhang Feng has also returned from Shenzhen University, the dinner will be quite lively.

"Xiaolong, Xiaohu, what are you doing in the underground laboratory?" After answering a few questions from his grandfather Tang Ming, Zhang Nan changed the subject and didn't want to talk about MP3, MP4 players, and digital cameras anymore.

In her opinion, if the Tang family wanted to be the agent for selling MP3, MP4 players and digital cameras, they should take the initiative to call her instead of asking grandpa Tang Ming to help them inquire.

After swallowing the food in his mouth, Xiaowu Zhang Long said, "We are currently making mechanical prostheses for disabled veterans."

"After a while, we will also make exoskeleton mechas!" Xiaoliu Zhanghu added.

"Why do they do that?" Zhang Nan asked in confusion, "Are they going to let them go back to the battlefield?"

"What we are making now are just auxiliary machines." Zhang Hu said with some anticipation: "We will make some combat mechas later!"

Zhang Bei asked in confusion: "Aren't you guys going to make a virtual dream game? Why are you making mechanical equipment?"

The brothers and sisters were chatting animatedly, and Tang Ming couldn't get a word in, so he had to talk to Zhang Heping about the domestic economy.

The next day, New Year's Day, Zhang Heping attended classes as usual. He had lunch at home and dinner at the Peace Hotel across the street because several members of the Tang family and some acquaintances from Hong Kong Island came.

After this social event, Zhang Heping was busy with training work again.

During this period, the head of the Jiang family in Taiwan died of illness, but Zhang Heping ignored it.

It’s not that he didn’t dare to go to Taiwan, but the so-called death of the head of the Jiang family was too strange.

First of all, after learning about the side effects of those western medicines, the head of the Jiang family began to take the medicine prescribed by Zhang Heping honestly. Although his body did not recover, at least his condition was under control and did not continue to deteriorate.

On the 13th, news suddenly came from the Jiang family on Taiwan Island that the head of the Jiang family had passed away!
According to normal logic, if the head of the Jiang family was seriously ill, he would definitely seek medical treatment from Zhang Heping!

As a result, the Jiang family did not seek medical treatment, but directly sent a message to announce the death. There must be something fishy!
Zhang Heping suspected that the death of the head of the Jiang family was most likely done by the Meiguo people, but the Jiang family said that he died of illness.

The Jiang family's statement clearly shows that they do not intend to investigate further.

In this regard, Zhang Heping no longer wanted to deal with the Jiang family.

What's the point of making friends with someone who doesn't even dare to avenge his father's murder?
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After being busy for more than a month, Zhang Heping finally sent off the students from the telecommunications company and the supporting equipment manufacturer.

Just when he was about to go to the Optical Card Factory and the Precision Instrument Factory to check out the production and R&D progress, Director Wang came over and said that the staff for the Peace Diamond Factory, the Peace Battery Factory, and the Peace Display Factory had been recruited!

"The Chinese New Year is just half a month away!" Zhang Heping looked at Director Wang who followed him into the back seat of the car and said in a slightly speechless tone, "Since they have delayed it for five months, it doesn't matter if they postpone it for another month."

Director Wang hurriedly said: "Heping, the employees of those three factories can postpone their training for one month, but the factories that produce supporting equipment..."

Zhang Heping raised his right hand and interrupted, "Auntie Wang, the relevant equipment drawings and funds have been given out for five months. Don't tell me that those factories can't produce them and want me to train them to produce! If that's the case, I might as well build a factory in Shenzhen!"

"Don't you have a 3D printer?" Director Wang Sumei said with a wry smile, "I thought if they had a plastic model for reference and you explained the key points of equipment production to them, maybe they could get the equipment delivered earlier."

Zhang Heping ignored this and rejected Director Wang's proposal with silence.

Because it was snowing in the capital, Zhang Heping didn't want to take his youngest son Zhang Hao there, so he decided to celebrate the New Year in Shenzhen this year.

All companies and factories will continue with the Spring Festival holidays and New Year’s shopping as usual, and they can go home after the year-end bonuses are paid into their salary cards.

Zhang Heping drove most of the experts, professors, and assistants from Shenzhen Peace College back, and did not allow them to stay in the underground laboratory. Only a small number of family members were left to accompany the experts and professors from the college.

For this reason, other experts and professors have expressed that they will bring their family members here after the Chinese New Year.

The reasons why Zhang Heping sent them back were, firstly, to consider their mental and physical health; secondly, he wanted them to go back and show off their high salaries, especially the dozens of former outside experts.

In the final analysis, it turned out that Zhang Heping felt that Mr. Hua and Director Wang had recruited too few people.

As for the employees of Shenzhen Peace Hospital and Peace Hotel, they take turns to rest, and encourage out-of-town employees to bring their families to Shenzhen to celebrate the New Year.

Two teams of bodyguards were sent over, and it was agreed that two more teams would be sent over on the Spring Festival, so that they could take turns to have a holiday.

Old Zhang and the children flew here after receiving the New Year's goods sent by Zhang Heping.

My eldest sister Zhang Zhaodi and my eldest brother-in-law Chang Sheng had to take turns on duty at the train station and did not come. So it was natural for them to take on the heavy burden of visiting relatives and friends and sending New Year's goods on New Year's Day.

It was only under the strong pressure of my second sister Zhang Pandidi that my second brother-in-law Zhang Yong took leave the day before New Year's Eve and came along.

What surprised Zhang Heping was that his eldest cousin Ma Lili and her husband Zhou Chengwen also came with Zhang Pandi and her husband.

They didn't inform us in advance, so I guess it was a last-minute decision.

Just as Zhang Heping saw Ma Lili and Zhou Chengwen getting off the car, his second sister Zhang Pandyi walked over quickly and explained to Zhang Heping in a low voice.

"The factory where Sister Lili and her husband work has a serious backlog of inventory, and they haven't paid wages for more than half a year. I have been persuading them to come over and take a look. They decided to come today when they saw that I was out." Zhang Pandi said quickly:

"Luckily the tickets are not sold out, otherwise we would have to wait until tomorrow to come."

"By the way, Zhou Lao Er wanted to come over, but Aunt Chen didn't agree."

My eldest cousin Ma Lili has income from a clothing store to support her, and her two children are receiving subsidies for college, so they should not have any financial difficulties.

However, my cousin's husband Zhou Chengwen, a technical secondary school student, had finally managed to get a position as deputy section chief in the Third Cotton Mill. But he suddenly lost his income and had to rely on my cousin Ma Lili for support. He must be feeling very bad.

Otherwise, they would not consider coming to Shenzhen to look for business opportunities.

You know, once they start a business, they have to take unpaid leave, otherwise they will definitely be reported.

"Cousin!"

"Peace!"

Ma Lili and Zhou Chengwen greeted Zhang Heping with a little restraint. Zhang Heping looked at the cotton coats they were holding and the sweaters they were wearing, and said with a smile: "I told you to come with the children during the holiday, otherwise how could you forget to bring your luggage."

After hearing what Zhang Heping said, Ma Lili and Zhou Chengwen, who were already a little nervous, didn't even know where to put their hands.

"I'll find a set of Ah Xin's clothes for you later. My clothes may be a little big for your husband. I'll ask you to close your trouser legs and sleeves." Zhang Heping pointed to the villa and said with a smile:
"I'll take you to the night market tonight to buy a few changes of clothes and get to know the popular styles here."

"Before you come next time, remember to ask my second sister to help you get a Hong Kong and Macau Pass, so that you can go to Hong Kong Island for a stroll."

Zhang Pandi smiled and said, "I have already agreed with Sister Lili that I will take them to visit Zhongying Street in a couple of days."

Ma Lili was amazed by the five-story villa in front of her. She walked into the living room and looked around, then asked in confusion, "Cousin, where are my second aunt and uncle? Are you alone at home?"

"They all went out to buy New Year's goods!" Zhang Heping replied with a smile: "I still have some things to do, so I will just stay in the study and wait for you."

"I'll take you to the guest room on the third floor first, and then find some clothes for you. You have to remember that when you're buying goods in Shencheng, dressing yourself well is very important."

"If you go to discuss business wearing what you are wearing now, let alone whether you can make a deal, the purchase price alone will be 10% to 20% higher than others."

"On the contrary, if you dress like a big boss, you can not only lower the price, but you may also be able to buy goods on credit."

"Get the goods on credit?" Zhou Chengwen asked doubtfully, "Heping, are you saying that we can pay the other party after we sell all the goods?"

"Clothes make the man!" Zhang Heping explained with a smile: "If you give others a good first impression, your credibility will be relatively high. After cooperating with them several times, it will be easy to establish a cooperation model of goods first and payment later."

"The people who are doing business nowadays are all smart people. If you run a garment factory in Shenzhen in the future, you will meet many big bosses who are well-dressed."

"When you see more of those people, you will find that they are actually poor. For those strangers, will you allow them to deliver goods first and pay later?"

"No! It's safer to pay first and get the goods second." Ma Lili shook her head. "There are a lot of scammers nowadays. There was a company in the capital that was defrauded of more than 300 million last year. I heard it was a company in Shenzhen."

Zhang Heping knew which company in the capital they were talking about. A professor in the college had complained about this in the laboratory and scolded them for not doing their job properly.

"Okay, you live in this room. The two rooms next to it are Xiaochun and Xiaopeng's bedrooms. I live on the 5th floor. I'll go get your clothes right away." Zhang Heping said, glancing at his second sister Zhang Panddi.

Zhang Pandi understood and said to Ma Lili and her husband, "The electrical appliances and showers inside are similar to those in the capital. Let's go in and take a look first."

"Thank you for your hard work!" Zhang Heping patted the shoulder of the bodyguard who came up with the suitcase. "Just put the suitcase here, you go and do your own thing!"

After sending the bodyguard away, Zhang Heping looked at his second brother-in-law Zhang Yong who was in a bad mood.

"Is my second brother-in-law angry?" Zhang Heping put his arm around his second brother-in-law's shoulders, took him to the elevator, and asked with a smile: "What kind of injustice did my second sister inflict on you that you didn't even say hello to me!"

"Heping, please judge for me. I just don't want to take leave because I'm afraid of delaying my work at the train station, but your sister threatened me with divorce!" The second brother-in-law Zhang Yong looked like a resentful woman and said angrily:
"For so many years, I treated our parents as my own parents and never said a harsh word to your sister, but in the end, she said that if I don't ask for leave to come to Shenzhen with her, she will divorce me!"

Zhang Heping saw the elevator door open, and he led his second brother-in-law Zhang Yong into the elevator with a smile. It was not until the elevator door closed and started to move upward that Zhang Heping said with a sly smile, "Well, tonight you are allowed to close the doors and windows, and give my second sister a good beating in the bedroom, so that you can vent your anger."

"Forget it!" Zhang Yong said dejectedly, "Ever since your second sister became a deputy director, she has been acting with authority in everything she says and does. I dare not even speak loudly to her, let alone teach her a lesson. Sigh..."

Zhang Heping patted his second brother-in-law Zhang Yong on the shoulder and said seriously, "If I say that my second sister hasn't changed much from before, but your attitude towards her has changed, do you believe it?"

"Me?" Zhang Yong hastily defended himself, "I swear on my oath that my feelings for your second sister have never changed!"

"No! You've changed!" Zhang Heping took back his hand, put it behind his back and walked out of the elevator. He said to Zhang Yong who was following him, "When you care about her official position, your mentality changes."

"You don't have confidence in yourself, and you don't even trust your wife. You have low self-esteem, and you think your wife will divorce you and marry someone high up in the government."

"So, your wife asked for a divorce this time and forced you to do that, and that's why you reacted so strongly and took your anger out on me."

Zhang Yong's thoughts were exposed and he stood there for a moment until Zhang Heping took out his clothes and pulled him into the elevator.

"Listen to me!" Zhang Heping woke up his second brother-in-law Zhang Yong and said with a wicked smile, "Close the doors and windows tonight and teach her a lesson!"

Zhang Heping took Zhang Yong back to the third floor, gave the clothes to Ma Lili and the others, and then handed Zhang Yong over to his second sister Zhang Pandi who looked puzzled.

That night, 27 people sat around the long table in the Zhang family villa, and the atmosphere was lively.

The next morning, my brother-in-law Tang Ren and his family moved into the Shenzhen Peace Hotel diagonally opposite.

There was no other choice, so Zhang Heping had to arrange the New Year’s Eve dinner at the Peace Hotel.

Fortunately, the Peace Hotel is preparing a New Year's Eve dinner for the staff on duty at the Peace Hospital, so there are more than enough ingredients.

Seeing his father talking endlessly to Zhang Heping, the sixth nephew Tang You interrupted and asked, "Uncle, can we go to the academy to take a look?"

"Just don't bring a camera!" Zhang Heping replied casually.

Zhang Heping did not refuse, mainly because all the relatives from the Zhang family lived in the college, and it would be inconvenient to turn away the relatives from the Tang family.

Another thing is that there are not many people in the college now. Those experts and professors who stayed are still in the laboratory, and the chances of people from the Tang family coming into contact with them are not high.

The most crucial reason is that Shenzhen Peace College will be open to the public in two or three years, but the underground base will not.

The underground base is guarded by guards, so there is no need to worry about outsiders sneaking in.

If the younger generation of the Tang family can really sneak into the underground base, Zhang Heping will have to re-examine the security issues here.

Tang Ming, Tang Ren and others did not expect that Zhang Heping would agree so readily.

However, looking at it from another perspective, Zhang Heping really has the final say at Shenzhen Peace College!

Based on this divergent thinking, Tang Ming, Tang Ren and Tang Lie, the three generations, could not help but have more complicated speculations about Zhang Heping's current identity in the mainland.

After entering the gate of Peace College, the children and grandchildren of eldest brother-in-law Tang Ren obtained Zhang Heping's permission to visit places without guards.

Zhang Heping did not check whether the Tang family members had miniature cameras, as the guards in the dark would keep an eye on them.

Fortunately, at the end of the day, no guard reported to him that someone was taking secret photos.

So, when eating the New Year’s Eve dinner in the evening, everyone behaved in harmony.

Especially Zhang Bing and Tang Ren who were drinking happily.

By the way, Zhang Heping's brother-in-law is 4 years older than Old Zhang... (End of this chapter)