Break out of the courtyard

There were still 4 days left before the Huadu Canton Fair, so Zhang Heping went to Huadu in advance. In addition to sending Uncle Zhuang, Grandma Yang and others to Huadu Airport to fly back to the capital, he also wanted to meet a few friends.

Director Zhao, who has already retired, together with Li Niu and Zhao Hongmei, set up a food factory in Nanla Town based on Zhang Heping's suggestion to consume the unsold fruits in the local area.

Yesterday, they brought some products over and wanted Zhang Heping to taste them. They also wanted to participate in this year's Spring Canton Fair to see if they could sign some orders and earn foreign exchange.

So, when Mr. Qian followed Zhang Heping to the airport and witnessed Zhang Heping talking and laughing with three Dai people, he couldn't help but have many doubts and thoughts in his mind.

Zhang Heping was unwilling to reply to technical consultation letters, but was willing to rush from Shenzhen to Huadu to explain the production process of dried fruits, dried vegetables, flower cakes, etc. to three Dai people.

Finally, I introduced several Hong Kong businessmen to them and placed orders for their food factory's products and output in advance.

What impressed Mr. Qian the most was that Zhang Heping just made a few random phone calls and those Hong Kong businessmen came running over.

From the conversations between those Hong Kong businessmen and Zhang Heping, it can be clearly heard that they are not familiar with Zhang Heping, and have never even met him before. They only handed out business cards to Zhang's bodyguards.

However, when Zhang Heping made the phone call today, he didn't even look at any business cards or phone books. He just dialed the number and called out the other person's name.

From this point, we can not only see that Zhang Heping has a good memory, but also that he usually pays attention to these small Hong Kong businessmen who want to visit him.

"Mr. Zhang, please go ahead and do your work. I will go back to arrange the purchase." A Hong Kong businessman with a fat face and a big belly stood up and said politely, wanting to avoid the lunch hour so as not to disturb Zhang Heping and the others while they were having their meal.

Seeing this, several other Hong Kong businessmen also stood up and said goodbye, and promised that there would be no problems with subsequent purchases.

Zhang Heping waved his hand towards them and said calmly, "It doesn't matter that much time. Let's have dinner and then go home."

Being invited to dinner by the richest man Zhang is enough for these small Hong Kong businessmen to brag about for a long time.

If they get some guidance from Zhang Heping, or if Zhang Heping reveals something to them, it would not be impossible for them to cross the class barrier!
Not long after they sat down at the table, Zhang Heping started chatting with Director Zhao and others about Jingcheng Pharmaceutical Factory.

"Jingcheng Pharmaceutical Factory is so focused on the orders from the Japanese that it has even stopped producing its core products. This is very dangerous!" Zhang Heping said to Director Zhao, shaking his teacup slightly.
"If the Japanese islanders do not sign follow-up orders with Jingcheng Pharmaceutical Factory, or increase the order volume, and then breach the contract and refuse to accept those orders midway, do you think Jingchen Pharmaceutical Factory will go bankrupt directly?"

Although Director Zhao is not well educated, he has been influenced by the Mengla County Government in recent years, so he can understand what Zhang Heping meant.

"What do you mean?" Director Zhao did not guess but asked directly.

"I am not optimistic about the current economic situation in Japan. I told He Zijiang about this, but he said that he couldn't make the decision as the factory director." Zhang Heping smiled.
"Go back to Jingcheng and tell me that although the three Chinese medicine companies in Ridao are controlled by Heping Group, Heping Group cannot guarantee that the Jingcheng Pharmaceutical Factory's orders can be completed as agreed after the Ridao economic bubble bursts."

Zhang Heping is not optimistic about Japan's economy and believes that Japan's economic bubble will burst!

The key information conveyed by these two sentences excited the several Hong Kong businessmen sitting nearby, as if they had seized a huge business opportunity by hearing these words.

While those Hong Kong businessmen were looking at each other and exchanging glances, Mr. Qian sat quietly aside, silently paying attention to everyone present, trying to analyze the various behaviors displayed by Zhang Heping today.

After dinner, just as Zhang Heping had said before, everyone went home.

Mr. Qian had never read Zhang Heping's file and did not know about Zhang Heping's past with the Zhuang family and Director Zhao.

Therefore, on the way back, he did not talk about this topic, but instead asked about some experimental projects he had learned about from the underground base of Shenzhen Peace College in recent days.

But Zhang Heping had no desire to speak. He closed his eyes, leaned back in the back seat, and responded incoherently.

Fortunately, there were not many cars on the highway from Huadu to Shenzhen tonight, and it only took Zhang Heping an hour and a half to get home.

Out of curiosity, Mr. Qian found Secretary Chen, but when he failed to get Zhang Heping's file, he started asking about Zhang Heping's relationship with the banker, Director Zhao, and his past.

Secretary Chen didn't know much about the matter, so he finally asked Director Wang to help.

Director Wang arrived at the living room of Villa No. 4 and asked with a smile on his face, "Mr. Qian wants to learn about Heping's past. Have you decided to stay?"

Zhang Heping’s file is top secret information. Even Secretary Chen next to him does not have the authority to view it, not to mention that Mr. Qian is an outsider!

"Forget it!" Elder Qian waved his hand. "I've thought about it seriously recently, and I still don't want to join you, so as not to be constrained. What's more, I can see that Consultant Zhang doesn't need me to join."

"Mr. Hua will be back in two days. You can talk to him." Director Wang turned and left without even sitting on the sofa.

Compared to Mr. Qian who is idle and wandering around the laboratories in the underground base, Director Wang and his secretary Liu Yuan have had a lot to do recently.

It can be said that they deserve a small share of the credit for the upcoming mass-produced smartphones.

The next day, early in the morning!

Mr. Qian, who had figured out Zhang Heping's morning exercise routine, had already walked onto the path along the shore of the artificial lake before Zhang Heping went out, ready to have a brief chat with Zhang Heping.

As a result, Zhang Heping ran past Mr. Qian like a gust of wind, without giving Mr. Qian a chance to talk to him.

After 11 days, the three messages released by Peace Group on April Fool's Day have almost fermented.

The first batch of luxury bags made of precious silk were sold out as soon as they were put on the shelves. The main buyers were Japanese women, not the distributors.

Mobile phone processors and memory, whose performance has skyrocketed, have been labeled as monopolies by some foreigners, who are leading the trend in world Internet forums.

But the key point is that, apart from Hong Kong Island, 4G communication networks have only been established in provincial capitals, municipalities and coastal economic and open cities in the Mainland.

In other words, no matter how violently the foreigners make trouble, the Peace Group has never shown any intention of monopolizing their mobile phone market.

Not selling overseas for the time being, it’s that simple!
When Chen Shuting followed her husband Zhang Heping to the Hong Kong Peace College, the first thing she encountered was relevant information from a foreign telecommunications company seeking cooperation, which was handed to her by her subordinates.

Of course, the online war of words only affects public opinion.

What is really affected is the Japanese semiconductor industry, which has been restricted by the Magnesium people, suppressed by the mainland, and is directly in a mess.

The six major Japanese conglomerates complied with the wishes of the Magnesium people and sold semiconductor-related equipment and technology to Taiwan and South Korea at a low price, asking them to catch up with the semiconductor technology of the Peace Group.

All the semiconductor-related companies in Japan have now joined the real estate and stock speculation army.

Speaking of stock trading, the third nephew Tang Qiang is now chatting with Zhang Heping about the madness of the Japanese stock market outside the laboratory of the Peace Healthcare Research Institute.

However, the 117 cloned monkeys and 571 cloned mice displayed by the laboratory are still at the center of public opinion and are not as calm as they appear.

The ethics of cloning have been a hot topic on the Internet. Compared with semiconductor technology, which is several generations behind, cloning, a simple and easy-to-understand technology, is easier to bring up.

To be precise, anyone with access to the Internet is concerned about the impact of cloning technology.

Because cloning technology also involves a topic, which is blood, bone marrow and organ replacement for the sake of immortality!

"Uncle, what do you think about me adding some more funds to the Japanese stock market?" Tang Qiang looked at Zhang Heping, who was busy alone in the laboratory, through the glass.

Zhang Heping said casually: "If you don't trust my judgment, just do whatever you want without asking for my opinion."

"We definitely believe in uncle's judgment!" Tang Qiang explained hurriedly: "It's just that after the greed came up, I couldn't suppress it for a while, so I ran to uncle's place. After I suppress the greed, I will return to the company and keep an eye on the Japanese stock market."

Zhang Heping did not respond to such meaningless words.

"Uncle, I heard a piece of gossip recently." Tang Qiang said, looking around and behind him before continuing, "The mayor of Hijima may be forced to resign because he wants to raise bank interest rates!"

“However, Japan’s external narrative is that he caused widespread dissatisfaction by forcibly introducing a consumption tax and liberalizing agricultural product imports.”

"This is not a good thing!" Zhang Heping continued, "The mayor is pro-magnesium. If he steps down and someone else takes over, the chances of the Japan Bank raising interest rates will increase exponentially. You better be careful."

The "you" that Zhang Heping was referring to included not only Tang Qiang, but also his nephew Tang Lie who was far away in Magnesium Country.

The third nephew Tang Qiang nodded hurriedly, "I just can't figure out the impact of this matter, so I came here to ask for advice from my uncle."

"By the way, Uncle! My dad asked me to ask you, have you produced any results for the life-extending research you mentioned online?"

Tang Qiang did not follow his father Tang Ren's original words and mentioned his grandfather Tang Ming's health and his father's idea of ​​trying medicine.

He felt that his father Tang Ren's original words were somewhat hypocritical and would not please his uncle.

"It's not that easy to research!" Zhang Heping said calmly, "If you want to be healthy and live longer, do you persist in doing morning exercises every day?"

Tang Qiang touched his fat belly, looked up and down at Zhang Heping's sturdy figure, and changed the subject: "Uncle, I also heard something. Beisu is going to visit the mainland. Have you heard about this?"

"No, but it's only a matter of time," Zhang Heping replied.

The two chatted for more than two hours inside and outside the laboratory on the top floor of the Peace University of Health and Medical Research Institute before going downstairs to find Chen Shuting and prepare to go to the Peace Hotel for lunch.

Mr. Rong from CITIC and the person in charge of China Resources waited at the Peace Hotel for more than 20 minutes before Zhang Heping, Chen Shuting and their group arrived.

The two of them came here to explain why they did not accept Heping Group's investment in CITIC and China Resources.

To put it simply, they have no say in the matter; it is the result of discussion by the company's board of directors.

After explaining this, the person in charge of China Resources asked about the purpose of this trip, "Mr. Chen, your Tingmei Trading is purchasing a large amount of metal raw materials. Are you planning to raise the price and sell the metal raw materials you bought before? Or are you going to buy more metal raw materials and stockpile them?"

"It depends on the situation!" Chen Shuting replied indifferently, pretending she hadn't said anything.

But then again, how could Tingmei Trading's purchasing plan be revealed to outsiders? If they maliciously raised the price, it would be Heping Group that would lose money!

"I'm sorry for being so abrupt!" The head of China Resources hurriedly explained, "Mr. Chen, I have a batch of iron ore resources, and the price is 20% cheaper than the international market. Do you think you are interested?"

When Chen Shuting heard this, she didn't even ask the quantity, but just shook her head, "The quality of the iron ore in the mainland is too poor, let's refine it into iron ingots first."

The person in charge of China Resources smiled awkwardly and said nothing more.

"Mr. Chen, will you accept gold and silver?" Mr. Rong from Zhongxin asked at the right time.

"Eat! Eat!" Zhang Heping called out in a bad mood and started eating with his chopsticks.

Seeing this, the others stopped talking and started eating.

It was not until Zhang Heping put down his chopsticks and wiped his lips with a napkin that Zhongxin Rong Lao spoke again, "Mr. Zhang, I would like to ask, can blood, bone marrow, and organ transplants really increase life expectancy?"

As a rich and powerful old man, what do you ask him what he cares about most?
Health comes first!
It would be ideal if he could live a long and healthy life. I estimate he would be willing to exchange half of his net worth for longevity.

"Bone marrow can produce blood, and the GDF11 protein in the blood has a significant effect on anti-aging." Zhang Heping took a sip of tea to rinse his mouth and said calmly: "If you replace organs with matching ones from other people, there will be more or less rejection."

"If your clone provides you with organ replacement, theoretically there will be no rejection."

"But as discussed online, if you transplant a clone's organs into your body, what will happen to the clone? Can he still be called a human being?"

"I don't agree with the creation of clones!" The head of China Resources shook his head. "Taking the organs of clones and replacing them with others, how is this different from killing people?"

"I even imagined a scene: on one side is a pure white and neat hospital, and on the other side is a discarded site of cloned bodies strewn with corpses!"

Zhongxin Rong Lao did not respond. He was obviously being led to think of the abandoned clone corpses whose internal organs had been hollowed out.

Tang Qiang at the side interrupted: "Uncle, aren't you also doing research on longevity genes? And that transcriptase?"

Zhang Heping raised his hand to interrupt, "Those are just research projects in the laboratory. Until the relevant experimental data comes out, nothing can be said."

"Okay, now that everyone has finished eating, let's go! I have some experiments to do this afternoon."

After he finished speaking, the heads of CITIC Rong and China Resources said goodbye one after another. Tang Qiang followed Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting and wanted to go to the Peace Healthcare Research Institute.

When they reached the entrance of the Medical Research Institute, Zhang Heping suddenly turned around and said to Tang Qiang, "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't waste your time!"

"Hehe!" Tang Qiang smiled awkwardly, then said, "My second uncle might be dying, but he is unwilling to sell his shares in Hutchison to my father."

"I don't know what he was thinking. He would rather sell it to the charter king at a 10% lower price than to my dad."

Zhang Heping answered Tang Qiang's doubts casually, "Because you are more capable than his sons, he is unhappy, so he wants to make your father unhappy too! What else do you want to say? Can you tell me all at once?"

...(End of chapter)