Break out of the courtyard

It has been ten years since Zhang Heping graduated from the Capital Academy of Drama.

The little expertise he had learned about lighting was of no use since he no longer directed commercial shoots.

Someone from the Capital Academy of Drama came over today and spoke ramblingly and vaguely for a while before finally saying that the teachers in the school had low salaries, prices had risen sharply, and that the school did not want to add to the burden on the country.

After hearing this, Zhang Heping understood that the school had encountered financial problems and was looking for Zhang Heping, a well-known alumnus, to find a solution.

The old dean spoke implicitly, and Zhang Heping didn't want to donate money directly.

Otherwise, it would become a gift from the cultural crowd, and the old dean and others would not dare to accept it for fear of being laughed at by people in the circle.

Zhang Heping thought for a moment and said, "I have been thinking about promoting our Peking Opera abroad so that overseas Chinese and foreigners can see our national quintessence."

“If the college is willing to organize a human performance, I can have someone arrange a theater tour in Hong Kong Island, Southeast Asia, and various European countries.”

“Of course, the foreign exchange earned during the tour will be given to the college to dispose of at its own discretion.”

Tour! Earn foreign exchange!
This combination of self-reliance immediately impressed the old dean and the teachers present.

However, everyone's faces soon fell.

"I'm afraid that won't work!" The old dean looked at the teachers in embarrassment and said in a deep voice, "Last year, the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater organized a tour for young actors to go to Magnesium, but 30 of them stayed in Magnesium and refused to come back."

"I heard that the relevant leaders of the Shanghai Opera House were punished for not doing a good job in ideological education."

The old dean has retired, but the teachers in front are still working.

The key issue is that the leaders of the Capital Academy of Drama may reject Zhang Heping’s proposal because of the incident at the Magic City Peking Opera House.

However, Zhang Heping was just looking for a reason to donate money to the Capital Academy of Drama, so he didn't worry about the performance venue.

As soon as the old dean raised the difficulty, Zhang Heping changed his mind and said, "Before going abroad, we can first tour the economically open cities along the coast of China."

“During the domestic tour, you screen the program and actors.”

"Finally, even if you don't plan to tour abroad, I can arrange for someone to record your performance video into a CD and then sell it abroad."

"Again, the income from the tour and the profits from subsequent CD sales will be left to the college to arrange at its own discretion."

The old dean understood that regardless of whether he went on tour abroad or not, Zhang Heping would arrange people to help, and then hand over the relevant income to the college, which was a disguised way of helping the college get through this difficult financial period.

The simple-minded teacher couldn't help but ask: "How about the food and accommodation expenses during the tour, the venue rental fees, and the transportation costs between cities?"

The female teacher spoke tactfully and did not ask the relevant personnel about their performance fees.

Zhang Heping just smiled and looked at the old dean, who understood and said to the female teacher, "We'll talk about those things when we get back."

The old dean said, and then looked at Zhang Heping and asked, "Student Zhang Heping, which city do you think the domestic tour will start in?"

Zhang Heping smiled and said, "How about the first stop be the Shenzhen Peace Vocational Training College?"

The old dean's face lit up with joy, and he asked excitedly, "Is it the academy that awarded the Peace Prize to you in the past two years?"

Zhang Heping nodded in confirmation and continued, "Let's make the last stop in Shencheng!"

"Heping Automobile has a branch factory under construction there. The leaders of the Shen Mansion will surely give me some face. They should organize people to go and support you, which will put a perfect end to your domestic tour and pave the way for your overseas tour."

"As for which coastal open cities you will be performing in, you can go back and discuss it first. I will then arrange for someone from Hong Kong Island's Rediffusion Television to contact you and buy the rights to broadcast your performances, which will then be broadcast in Hong Kong Island."

Got it!
The cost of purchasing the copyright for another performance came, which completely put the old dean at ease.

With the TV station's broadcasting copyright fees as a base, the various cost issues mentioned by the female teacher just now have been resolved.

"Then..." The old dean looked at the other teachers, and finally fixed his eyes on Zhang Heping. He stretched out his right hand and shook Zhang Heping's right hand. "Thank you Zhang Heping for your support of our college!"

Zhang Heping said with a smile: "Capital Academy of Drama is my alma mater. This is not support, but just a way of repaying the kindness of my alma mater for teaching me."

After a few polite words, the old dean was about to take his people back to the college to report.

When Zhang Heping saw them off, he couldn't help but remind them again: "It is imperative to tour at home and abroad, otherwise young people will chase after pop songs and Hong Kong and Taiwan movies, and there will be no one to spread our drama culture."

"What Zhang Heping said is right. This is also a problem we are very worried about." The old dean shook hands with Zhang Heping again. "Young people nowadays are chasing after disco and robot dance, and have little interest in our traditional Peking Opera performances."

"Don't worry, we will hold a meeting tonight to discuss your proposal, and we will have a result by tomorrow afternoon at the latest."

After saying this, Zhang Heping exchanged mobile phone numbers with the old dean, and then watched them leave.

When Zhang Heping turned around, he saw two bodyguards stopping Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang aside, not allowing them to get close to Zhang Heping.

Zhang Heping ignored the purpose of Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang's visit, simply ignored their shouting, and walked around.

He doesn't help just anyone!
Capital Academy of Drama is his alma mater. He often skipped classes when he was studying there. However, the academy leaders and teachers turned a blind eye to him because he was the deputy director of Nanluoguxiang Sub-district Office, and finally allowed him to get his diploma smoothly.

It is reasonable for him to help the Capital Academy of Drama.

As for the relatives admitted to Harmony Hospital...

Helping them is to make the parents feel happy, and at the same time let those behind-the-scenes masters who covet the 100-year life potion get what they want.

Since they want to live a long life, let them try the medicine.

I believe that in the near future, they will know that living a hundred years is not a good word!
On the way back, Zhang Heping called Qu Zhouping, the head of ATV, and asked about the preparations for the second global talent show.

Finally, the Peking Opera tour was handed over to Qu Zhouping.

As for whether the Capital Academy of Drama's tour can go abroad, that depends on whether the academy's leaders dare to take the risk. After all, the Shanghai Peking Opera Theater's escape to Magnesium had a great impact in the circle!
After returning home, Zhang Heping simply skipped over the conflict with Old Zhang and talked to his concubine Chen Shuting and second daughter Zhang Nan about helping the Capital Academy of Drama sell performance videos.

The first wife Tang Xin asked in confusion: "Husband, aren't you going to sell Peking Opera records?"

Zhang Heping shook his head. “Only by adding subtitles to the performance video can those young people understand what is being sung.”

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At the Yinding Bridge, Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang had completely given up! Although they were stopped by two bodyguards just now, they said everything they wanted to say to Zhang Heping, but it was useless. Zhang Heping really ignored them and didn't even bother to look at them!
Yan Jiecheng is six years older than Zhang Heping and knows all the bad things their father did in the past.

By the way, when their mother was diagnosed with cancer and the Zhang family helped them obtain free drug trial qualifications at Harmony Hospital, their family could actually have repaired their relationship with the Zhang family.

Even if we can't be as harmonious with neighbors as we were in the beginning, at least we can still say hello to each other when we meet.

After all, there was no big hatred between the two families, it was just that someone did something unjust.

However, the Zhang family helped the Yan family save such a large amount of medical expenses, but not only did they not give any gifts to express their gratitude, they also took a detour when they saw the Zhang family afterwards and didn't even say hello.

When outsiders who were not aware of the situation saw this, they would think that the Zhang family had done something to displease the Yan family.

But the reality is, the Yan family accepted the favor from the Zhang family and knew they had to express gratitude, but they were concerned about the money for buying gifts and simply deceived themselves, thinking they didn't have to thank them if they didn't meet!
If they had not believed Xu Damao's lies, the Yan family would not have lost all their savings by reselling color TVs.

If the Yan family still had money at that time, Yan Jiecheng felt that his father would not be so stingy that he would even avoid the basic courtesy of thanks.

After cracking the melon seeds, Yan Jiecheng patted the crumbs on his hands. When he was about to go back to his restaurant to pick up his wife Yu Li, he saw Qin Huairu pulling the stick and walking towards the north bank of Houhai!

"Oh my god!" Yan Jiecheng pulled up his fourth sister Yan Jiedi and stood directly on the long bench where Yan Jiedi had just sat. He looked at Qin Huairu and her son on the other side in surprise, wondering if he had guessed wrong.

However, when Qin Huairu and Bang Geng were blocked outside the Zhang family's door by black-clad bodyguards, Yan Jiecheng felt inexplicably relieved, thinking to himself that it was a good thing that the Zhang family didn't like people from the Jia family either.

The people around were attracted by Yan Jiecheng's actions and followed his gaze to the other side of the river, but they could not see clearly because of the tree branches, too many vendors and tourists, and so they could not make out what was going on.

However, Yan Bugui, Yan Jiedi and others knew without even looking that Yan Jiecheng was looking at the Zhang family.

Yan Jie Di was arranging the red flags that the customers had thrown, and asked in confusion, "Brother, what are you looking at?"

Yan Jiecheng got off the stool and said to the listless Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang, "Qin Huairu brought Banggeng to the Zhang family. I guess she went there for the high salary at Heping Aerospace Company."

This topic successfully attracted the two brothers and their old father Yan Bugui.

Upon hearing this, Yan Jie Di stepped onto the bench without saying a word, and sneered, "I thought they had gone in!"

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When Zhang Heping was in Nanla Town, although he helped Qin Huairu remove her IUD and looked at her private parts, it was just a minor operation out of professional ethics as a doctor, without any ill intentions.

Moreover, Dr. Bai Yun from the gynecology department of Nanla Town Hospital was also helping out at that time.

So, when the bodyguard came in and said that an old woman named Qin Huairu wanted to see him, Zhang Heping just waved his hand without saying a word.

The bodyguard captain, who could say the word "old woman" in front of Tang Xin and Chen Shuting, naturally understood Zhang Heping's intention of not seeing the visitor.

As the bodyguard captain left, Chen Shuting couldn't help but chuckled and said, "It seems that I will have to bring bodyguards back in the future. Not only for safety, but also to prevent some people from coming uninvited."

"Mom!" Tang Xin gossiped to Ma Xiuzhen, "Is that Qin Huairu outside the door the widow from the Central Courtyard you mentioned before?"

"Who else could it be except her!" Ma Xiuzhen said, and started telling her daughter-in-law the gossip about No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, talking about the old-fashioned things happening between the Jia family and Sha Zhu, Yi Zhonghai and others.

Early the next morning, Zhang Heping took his family to the Grand Square to watch the flag-raising ceremony.

Because a TV station was recording the flag-raising ceremony, they were unable to watch it up close.

After the flag-raising ceremony, Zhang Heping took his family to have breakfast.

After confirming that there were no parades or celebrations here, they went to hang out in other places decorated with lights and bought some scratch-off lottery tickets to try their luck.

As a result, they spent hundreds of dollars and only won three 3-yuan tickets, which made the Zhang family feel cheated. They will never buy street lottery tickets again!
Zhang Heping, who didn't win a single lottery ticket, smiled and said to Ma Xiuzhen, Zhang Zhaodi and others who looked unhappy: "If you could analyze this lottery from a business perspective and then follow the trend to sell lottery tickets in the early years, you would have been millionaires."

Zhang Heping's words successfully changed everyone's thoughts, and then they began to discuss the production cost of lottery tickets and how the lottery operates.

Finally, he mentioned the public welfare lotteries issued in various places in the early years, as well as the notice on strengthening the management of the lottery market issued only two years ago.

It was not until the evening that they received a call from the Capital Academy of Drama, saying that their domestic tour plan had been agreed to in principle.

Once the tour program is approved, you can start the tour.

In addition, Qu Zhouping, the head of Hong Kong Rediffusion Television, has already contacted them and had a preliminary discussion on some cooperation matters.

At this point, Zhang Heping's affairs in the capital have come to an end.

As for the Harmonious Hospital, with Hu Hui who wanted to redeem himself for his crime, the drug testing of the Shouyuan 100 drug could be carried out in the Harmonious Hospital, which could also attract those with ulterior motives.

On the morning of October 10, Zhang Heping and his family were invited to visit the Capital Academy of Drama, where they watched several shows and discussed some details of the cooperation with the new and old presidents of the academy.

In the end, Zhang Heping declined the college's invitation to the banquet and boarded a flight back to Hong Kong Island in the afternoon.

On the second day after returning to Hong Kong Island, Zhang Heping started his research again and entered the top-floor laboratory of the Peace Healthcare Research Institute to immerse himself in research.

However, he had just implemented this plan for one day when he was disgusted by a ruling from the Toudou Court of Japan.

The cause of the incident can be traced back to the Japanese history textbook issue in 1980.

Back then, a Japanese wrote terms such as invasion, Nanjing Massacre, and Unit 731 that were in line with objective history in the high school history textbook "New History of Japan".

However, during the review process, it received "review and revision opinions" from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, requiring that those objective terms be changed!
For example, "invade" is changed to "enter"!
For this reason, the Japanese who objectively compiled the "New History of Japan" sued the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on the grounds of "violating the freedom of expression and academic freedom guaranteed by the Constitution" and demanded that the objective historical record be followed without any changes!
When Zhang Heping went to Japan, he exchanged views with former Mayor Suzuki on the issue of Japanese textbooks.

Although the other party agreed readily on the surface, he did not take any promoting action afterwards.

Otherwise, this history textbook lawsuit would not have been delayed again and again in the Dongdu District Court until the first-instance judgment was made today.

Seeing Zhang Heping remained silent for a long time, Chen Shuting could not help but ask, "Husband, do you think we should use this textbook incident on Japan Island to announce to the public that our group has given up the plan of a secondary listing in Japan?"

"Okay!" Zhang Heping nodded slightly and said seriously: "By the way, let Hong Kong Island Telecom sell off the remaining Japanese Island Telecom shares, leaving nothing behind!"

"In addition, all companies under the Peace Group will launch a questionnaire survey for existing Japanese employees, students, and exchange scholars. I will send the questionnaire to your email address later."

"Those with scores below 60 will be dismissed and never hired again!"

...(End of chapter)