Break out of the courtyard

Capital, a certain sea office.

"The three computer hard drives that Mr. Hua brought back have been verified to contain 3 designs of naval, land and air equipment, of which 1509 are designs of equipment currently in service in other countries, and the other 1411 are new equipment designs. It is preliminarily estimated that these new equipment technologies are 98 to 5 years ahead of foreign countries."

An old man in black finished speaking, looked at the others in the conference room, and said seriously: "I personally oppose the military doing business, but the department that Mr. Hua is in charge of has its own particularities, and I hope everyone will treat it with caution!"

When Mr. Hua learned that Zhang Heping had given him so much technical data on naval, land and air equipment, his heart was filled with joy. He felt that the hard work he had put in over the past few years of retirement was not in vain!

When he learned from his good friend that the authorities were going to start restricting the military from doing business, Mr. Hua didn't actually take it seriously.

Because he felt that their secret department was at most a military factory. Although it was related to the military, it was fundamentally different from those troops who directly set up companies and engaged in business.

But just now, he received a notice to hold a meeting to sort out all the joint ventures and factories responsible for their secret department...

There was silence in the conference room for a while. Seeing that no one spoke, the old man in black couldn't help but speak again: "I have met Consultant Zhang before, but I only heard of his code name "Leader Goose" recently."

"Advisor Zhang's Peace Group is indeed very profitable and has helped us over the years..."

Elder Hua suddenly stood up and interrupted the old man in black.

I saw Mr. Hua with his left hand behind his back and an unlit cigarette in his right hand, walking back and forth twice in the meeting room where everyone was sitting in a circle.

"I know what you want to do!" Mr. Hua stood in the middle of the field, holding a cigarette between his right index and middle fingers, pointing at the old man in black, and said in a cold voice:

"Our department can get rid of those regular guard troops, or we can turn them into an open military-industrial enterprise."

"How? Without the troops, do you still have a reason to split up the joint ventures and factories under our department?"

The old man in black said, "Mr. Hua, you may have some misunderstandings about our meeting tonight. Why don't you sit down and listen to what I have to say?"

"Misunderstanding!" Mr. Hua snorted coldly and walked towards his seat, complaining, "I'm busy trying to win over the leader in the south, and you're just dragging your feet from behind, trying to force the leader out!"

"I advise you to think about the consequences if the leader is forced to emigrate abroad before making a decision!"

The old man in black was suppressed by Mr. Hua and smiled awkwardly, "To avoid misunderstanding, I will make it short."

"Based on the analysis of Peace Group's investment projects since its establishment, we have reason to believe that their next investment direction will be our domestic real estate and the domestic stock market that is currently under discussion."

Mr. Hua was about to retort, but was stopped temporarily by Mrs. Zheng next to him who clapped her hands.

Seeing this, the old man in black smiled at Old Lady Zheng and said, "I have an idea. We can use the land lease rights of coastal cities to exchange for the shares of joint ventures and factories held by the Heping Group. Let us nationalize those joint ventures and factories."

"You're just playing nonsense!" When Mr. Hua heard this, he got so angry that he stood up again.

He just thought that the other party just wanted to divide the power of their department and find an excuse to poach high-profit companies and factories.

But he never expected that these people had such a big appetite and wanted to take down the whole group at once!

Old Hua stretched out his right hand, pointed at the old man in black, and finally laughed out of anger.

"Okay! You're smart! Just do as you said and go find Consultant Zhang and tell him your ideas."

After saying this, Mr. Hua turned away, not caring about the whole meeting anymore.

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Zhang Heping had no idea that Mr. Hua was extremely angry. He had just come out of the Harmony Hospital, said goodbye to President Dai, President Lu and others, and was walking home with his family.

The respectful attitude of the medical staff towards Zhang Heping was silently seen by several people in the Zhang family.

With more than twenty bodyguards accompanying them, these country people were even more afraid to speak.

A villain fears power but not virtue, and a mediocre person respects evil but not good.

Zhang Heping ignored them because he wanted to scare them and prevent them from going any further.

The next morning, Zhang Heping took a small stool, a fishing rod, and a tin bucket, and sat on the beach in front of his door, wanting to reminisce his childhood memories.

Just as he was waiting for his wife and children to wake up and thinking about where to go for a walk, a black car stopped at his door.

A young man in a white shirt and black suit got out of the passenger seat. He walked straight to the door of Zhang's house and shouted inside, asking if Zhang Heping was at home.

When the bodyguard brought the young man to the beach of Houhai and saw Zhang Heping, he heard him say, "Advisor Zhang, there is a meeting for you today. The leader sent me to pick you up."

Zhang Heping's right hand shook, he lifted the fishing rod and pulled up a small crucian carp that was two fingers wide.

As he was taking out the fishhook, he asked slowly, "Which leader? What meeting? Why didn't I know there was a meeting today?"

"Also, didn't Mr. Hua tell you that I would be with my family today?"

The young man hurriedly said, "Today's meeting was only decided last night, and Mr. Hua also attended the meeting last night."

Zhang Heping put the small crucian carp into the tin bucket, then frowned at the young man who was answering the irrelevant question.

If you don’t give a direct answer, you must have something to hide!

"Go use the landline to call Mr. Hua and ask him what's going on." After Zhang Heping said this, he threw the empty fishing hook out and then sat down.

Upon hearing this, the captain of the bodyguards next to him responded and walked towards the Zhang family's gate.

The bodyguard captain didn't know Mr. Hua's phone number, but he knew it must be on the smartphone in his boss Zhang Heping's pocket.

However, Zhang Heping did not use his own mobile phone to call Mr. Hua, which shows that there is something fishy.

So, when the bodyguard captain left, he made a defensive gesture to the bodyguards around him, and then went to ask the boss lady for the phone number.

After a while, just as the young man who looked like a secretary was looking at Zhang Heping catching the third fish with an empty hook in astonishment, the bodyguard captain trotted back and whispered something in Zhang Heping's ear.

Then, Zhang Heping nodded and simply said, "Show me away!"

The bodyguard captain walked up to the young man, blocking his view of Zhang Heping fishing, and said seriously, "I'm sorry, our boss is on vacation today and has no meeting arrangements."

"This..." The young male secretary was stunned for a moment, then took out his mobile phone and walked aside to report the situation here.

However, when he finished the call and wanted to talk to Zhang Heping again, he was stopped by a young bodyguard and was not allowed to get close.

These bodyguards had stopped countless people who wanted to see Zhang Heping in Hong Kong Island, so they were very familiar with the current situation and could stop everyone with just the word "sorry".

The young male secretary wanted to say something loudly to Zhang Heping, but when he saw the people setting up stalls on the street and passers-by gathering around to watch the fun, he didn't know for a moment whether he should say the name of their leader in front of so many people.

As for the content of today's meeting, he, who attended the meeting last night, wisely did not say it out loud.

After he said it out loud, Zhang Heping would definitely not go with him!

Fortunately, Zhang Heping didn't make him wait long. He saw Zhang Heping put away his pole and returned to the gate with a metal bucket and stool. After a while, the young male secretary saw Zhang Heping go out with his wife, children, and bodyguards, and didn't know where he was going.

The young male secretary pretended to take two steps forward, and after being stopped again by a bodyguard, he took out his cell phone and prepared to report.

"Honey, what was that guy doing just now?" Chen Shuting looked at the young man behind her in confusion.

"It should be the pro-magnesium group in the mainland." Zhang Heping gave his analysis.

Mr. Hua’s reply was simple. He said he did not know about today’s meeting and did not agree with the decision made at last night’s meeting.

As for the content of last night's meeting, Mr. Hua did not tell the bodyguard captain, and Zhang Heping did not call to inquire.

Some things cannot be discussed openly; if they are discussed, it will destroy unity.

When you encounter such a thing and have the confidence to refuse, just refuse directly and make your attitude clear.

If it is difficult to refuse due to various reasons, then ask your superiors for what to do and don't try to please both sides.

Fortunately, Zhang Heping is now confident enough to refuse and does not need to consider the twists and turns involved.

Zhang Heping has not yet considered whether his rejection will affect the promotions of his two sisters.

For people like them who have no background and low education, it is good enough to retire at the department level.

In addition, with the burden of Zhang Heping's capitalist identity, they will not be able to cross the department level threshold in the short term.

So, don’t worry about whether it will affect them.

Zhang Heping took his wife and children to stroll around the capital until 5 pm before returning home, which slightly made up for the regret that Zhang Heping had concentrated on research in the past two years and rarely accompanied his family shopping.

When they returned to the north bank of Houhai Lake, the black car that had been there in the morning was no longer in front of Zhang's house.

However, Mrs. Zheng, Mr. Hua, and Director Wang were waiting in the public rest area on the second floor of Zhang's house.

"Wow!" Director Wang looked at Zhang Heping and his group coming back with bags and bags, and couldn't help but teasing, "You guys went out for a walk today, and you boosted the capital's economy!"

Zhang Heping handed his little son Zhang Hao, who was sleeping in his arms, to Chen Shuting and took him to the bedroom upstairs. Then he greeted Old Lady Zheng, Old Man Hua and others with a smile.

Finally, he responded to Director Wang, "I would like to boost the economy here, but unfortunately I can't because it's not as open as Shenzhen."

What Zhang Heping meant was that he couldn't make a living from policy in the capital.

If you think about it more deeply, it also seems like he is secretly blaming Mr. Hua and the others for not being strong enough.

No one responded to Zhang Heping's words, because neither Mrs. Zheng nor Mr. Hua were people who abused their power for personal gain, and none of their children were engaged in business.

After Zhang Heping sat down on the sofa, Mr. Hua briefly talked about the content of last night's meeting.

It was similar to what Zhang Heping guessed. When some people saw that the Heping Group insisted on boycotting the Magnesium guys, they came up with a bad idea. They wanted to kick the Heping Group out, take away those companies and factories with high-tech, and then cooperate with the Magnesium guys.

It’s not that Zhang Heping was making malicious speculations, because those companies and factories were built with Zhang Heping’s funds and technology, and the mainland only provided people and land.

Kick the Peace Group out and say it is like destroying the bridge after crossing it.

Whenever the Peace Group launches a media offensive abroad, not to mention other foreign companies, most of the Hong Kong businessmen in Guangdong Province will definitely withdraw and will no longer trust the business environment in the mainland.

Zhang Heping didn't want to continue this topic, so he asked, "Did Mr. Hua find out who encouraged my relatives in my hometown to be hospitalized?"

Mr. Hua nodded, then shook his head and sighed, "It's the children of the old friends who are causing trouble. They don't have any bad intentions. I apologize on their behalf. Please don't blame them."

"Oh!" Zhang Heping responded, turned to look at Director Wang, and said, "I sent Hu Hui back. He knows how to use the Life 100 Potion."

"If you have any shame, you can let Hu Hui handle it."

"This drug is very effective in slowing down aging. In addition to the side effects that have been announced, there is also a hidden limitation. If you use the Lifespan 100 potion, you cannot use other gene potions."

"Also, the 100-year life span potion is only effective for the first use. Don't expect to use it all the time to slow down aging."

"So, I don't recommend you to use this medicine."

It didn't matter to Mr. Hua and Director Wang. They were only in their sixties, far from the 100-year-old threshold required for testing drugs that could last up to 90 years.

The main reason is that Mrs. Zheng is old. Although she looks energetic now, her movements are very slow.

This is also the reason why Zhang Heping brought the topic to the 100-year life potion. He needed to explain it tactfully to Old Lady Zheng.

"Heping, I heard that before using the 100-year life potion, you need to recuperate your body first. What do you think of bringing Mr. Zheng to Shenzhen Heping College for recuperation?"

Although Mr. Hua did not say this explicitly, Zhang Heping understood it clearly. If Mr. Zheng was not allowed to use the 100-year longevity potion, was there any other better potion?
Zhang Heping had mentioned to Mr. Hua before that if he just wanted to live to be 100 years old, he could use the 100-year life potion.

Therefore, Mr. Hua always knew what the "100" in the life span of 100 meant.

Zhang Heping looked at the half-believing Old Lady Zheng and smiled, "As long as Old Lady Zheng is willing."

He also had a potion that extended his life by 120 years, which was indeed better than the potion that extended his life by 100 years, but Zhang Heping was just not satisfied with it.

Hearing Zhang Heping's affirmative answer, Mr. Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

Anyone who has been an official knows that temporary gains and losses are not important. As long as you live a little longer than your opponent, you win!
Both Mrs. Zheng and Director Wang only understood the literal meaning of Zhang Heping's conversation. Director Wang even wanted Zhang Heping to take Mrs. Zheng's pulse on the spot so that she could stay in the capital for recuperation.

However, with the help of Mr. Hua, who understood the situation, Director Wang was quickly dispelled from this idea.

"Go to Shenzhen. Heping will take care of Mr. Zheng personally and change the medicine according to his physical condition." Mr. Hua said, looking at Zhang Heping and said, "Heping, don't you agree?"

Zhang Heping nodded and said, "I will find time to go back to Shenzhen and take care of Mr. Zheng regularly."

He now came to his senses. Mr. Hua did not ask anyone else to go to Shenzhen, but invited Mr. Zheng over. The closeness between them made Zhang Heping think of many past events.

In particular, the scene when he first met Mr. Zheng, and how Mr. Zheng later helped urge the Hope Project Foundation to sort out its financial accounts.

Mr. Hua thought more deeply, Zhang Heping also thought more, and Mrs. Zheng was knowledgeable and experienced, and she also heard something wrong.

Just like what Director Wang said just now, you can stay in the capital for recuperation and then go to Hu Hui for medication.

Why travel all the way to Shenzhen?

Seeing that Mrs. Zheng had no objection, Director Wang stopped worrying about her going to Shenzhen. Instead, he got up and went downstairs to help Ma Xiuzhen arrange the food sent by the hotel and to keep in touch with her.

When Zhang Heping quits again, I can ask Ma Xiuzhen to mediate... (End of this chapter)