Break out of the courtyard

As soon as the question of "God's Eye Defense System" was asked, Mr. Hua understood what Zhang Heping was thinking. It was a practical test!
Mr. Hua looked at the four display screens in front of Zhang Heping. The maps displayed on them should be the maps of the Middle East transmitted back by the navigation satellite, and the relative positioning accuracy reached the millimeter level.

Of course, the actual navigation satellite accuracy data is confidential information. The real-time positioning accuracy announced to the public is 5 to 10 meters, and the speed accuracy is 0.5 meters per second.

Even so, it is still at the international leading level, forcing the Magnesium country to threaten to reduce the accuracy of their GPS navigation to 0.1 meters.

By the way, most of the GPS navigation satellites currently used by the Chinese are experimental satellites, and only a few official versions of navigation satellites have been launched.

"Only 10 sets of Eye of God defense systems have been delivered to the Middle East so far, and this is used as a condition to guarantee our oil imports." Elder Hua stared at the constantly moving and changing map and said slowly, "No sales to Iran and Iraq for the time being!"

There was a brief silence in the study room, and then Chen Shuting came over. In front of Mr. Hua, Mr. Li and others, she deliberately asked her husband Zhang Heping: "Husband, many factories in the mainland are only willing to give us 49% of the shares. Do you think we should still invest in those factories?"

Zhang Heping stared at the display screen, constantly moving the mouse to zoom in and out of the map, checking the military deployment in the Middle East, and said casually: "Then don't vote!"

Director Wang interrupted and said, "Shu Ting, which factories are there? I'll help you contact them!"

"No need to bother!" Zhang Heping said indifferently: "If the country wants to increase export trade, it will definitely depreciate the RMB significantly in the future, and then seize the international market with its price advantage."

"So, it's not too late to wait until the RMB depreciates before investing."

The old men and women looked at each other, none of them knew that the RMB was going to depreciate significantly.

However, in recent years, the exchange rate of RMB against the magnesium dollar has indeed been depreciating slightly year by year.

Five years ago, 5 magnesium dollar could only be exchanged for 1 RMB.

Nowadays, 1 magnesium dollar can be exchanged for 4.78 RMB!
Mr. Hua, Mr. Li, and Director Wang all knew that Zhang Heping had participated in the economic conference in the capital, so they believed 8% of his suggestion of a sharp depreciation of the RMB without any doubt, and the remaining 2% ​​would have to be tested by time.

Chen Shuting said this in front of so many people, of course she was not telling Mr. Hua, Director Wang and others that the Heping Group would not invest in those companies.

I simply want to tell them that some factories are as stubborn as the previous Nuclear Industry Group and Aerospace Group. They want to cooperate with the Peace Group but are unwilling to give up their controlling stake!

So, when Director Wang followed Chen Shuting to the desk opposite, Chen Shuting still printed out a list of factories for Director Wang.

"Auntie Wang, don't worry about this. We can discuss it slowly." Chen Shuting handed over an A4 paper with a list of factories printed on it and continued with a smile:

"Those factories have poor management and nepotism is common!"

"We at Heping Group have made it very clear to those factories that after we take control of their factories, we will definitely make major adjustments in terms of systems and personnel."

Director Wang nodded and said, "Now that you put it that way, I know where the problem lies."

After they talked for a while about the merger of the financial systems of the East and West German countries, the switch to the West German Mark currency, and the declaration of national sovereignty by Bai'e and Ukrainian, Zhang Heping turned off his computer and called the college's Academic Affairs Office to inquire about the lesson preparations of teachers in various majors.

As for the enrollment situation, since it was taken care of by Professor Hua and Director Wang, Zhang Heping didn't have to worry about it.

Since there was no Eye of God defense system in Iran and Iraq, Zhang Heping no longer paid attention to the war there and continued to develop the space capsule in Dapeng Peninsula.

He no longer paid attention to it, but the retired old men and women who had nothing to do here became interested and started paying attention to the invasion that originated on August 8nd.

By the way, the Magnesium army entered the Middle East on August 8th, but Zhang Heping only paid attention to that side every two days, which made Mr. Hua and Mr. Li think too much.

Finally, it was Mr. Hua who asked the capital for the military deployment map of the Middle East. The capital said there was none. Then he suddenly realized why Zhang Heping paid attention to the war in the Middle East two days later!
Because they made a very low-level mistake by not opening up navigation satellite access to the military!
To be precise, no funds have been allocated to the military to purchase relevant information equipment to access the navigation satellite system!

In fact, when Zhang Heping asked Heping Smart Technology Company to tinker with the Heping Navigation commercial software, they should have thought of military use!

As a result, Zhang Heping had to remind them implicitly in that way.

The key is, they didn’t react at that time!

If it weren't for those retired old men and women who also wanted to check the local military deployment through satellite maps like Zhang Heping did, there's no telling how long this matter would have dragged on!
In addition, this incident also exposed a very serious problem. The upper echelons of the military were all focusing on their own business. They were not only not concerned about the international war at all, but were actually indifferent!
How can this work!

Therefore, Mr. Hua, Mr. Li and others began to communicate with various parties, hoping to get the army to stop doing business.

But the problem arises again, money!

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"Marry? Who?"

Zhang Heping had just returned home that afternoon when he heard a surprising piece of news.

"Zhang Yi and Roy!" The first wife Tang Xin said with a smile, "Mom called and said that their wedding banquet is scheduled for August 8th, and asked if we have time to go back."

"The 26th, Chinese Valentine's Day..." Zhang Heping frowned and thought for a while, then took out his cell phone and called his mother Ma Xiuzhen directly.

"Hello, Mom!" Zhang Heping held up the phone and sat on the sofa to the left of his first wife Tang Xin. After listening to the conversation on the other end of the phone for a while, he continued, "Who decided on the wedding date for Xiaoyi and the others? Can't it be one day earlier or later?"

Ma Xiuzhen's tone was somewhat helpless. "I asked someone to calculate the date for August 8, but they said they had to go to work on Monday and many classmates and friends couldn't come, so they changed it to Sunday the 27th. They also said that in this new society, we should not be superstitious!"

Zhang Heping heard his mother say this, so he stopped worrying about the auspicious date and asked, "Have you booked a hotel yet?"

"It's settled! It's settled!" Ma Xiuzhen put aside the unpleasantness of the day and said with a smile: "They are afraid of spending money and want to have a few tables at home. I asked them to cook by themselves, but they refused. In the end, they listened to me and booked it at the Capital Hotel."

Zhang Heping asked again, "Mom, I remember you bought a few houses in Haidian. Which one do you plan to give to them?"

"I told them to choose whatever they wanted, but guess what happened?" Ma Xiuzhen's tone changed again. "They both refused. They said they wanted to wait for the two schools to assign them and live in the school in the future. Isn't that infuriating?"

Zhang Heping smiled and said, "Tell them to carry forward their style and give the school housing to those who need it more. Don't compete with your colleagues, or you'll get stabbed in the back!"

"Well! I'll let them show their style later!" Ma Xiuzhen laughed again, "These two little bastards, they don't want this and they don't want that, and they make me feel like I'm harming them."

Zhang Heping moved the phone to his left ear, stretched out his right hand to Tang Xin's thigh and pinched it, then smiled and said, "You gave me a house, so what wedding gift should we give?"

"As for cars, they can pick up any car from the Heping Automobile Experience Store."

Tang Xin leaned closer and said, "Mom and I have already discussed this. We will give them a few storefronts near the school to collect rent. We will do the same for other nephews and cousins."

Zhang Heping patted his first wife Tang Xin's thigh, spoke a few more words to his mother Ma Xiuzhen, and decided to return around August 8.

"Did Xiao Nian call and say no? Can she find time to go back?" Zhang Heping put away his phone and turned to ask about his third daughter who was far away in Shanghai.

"Not yet, I'll call and ask!" Tang Xin said, and took out her cell phone. "You and Shu Ting will take care of the storefront, and I'll try to finish the work on hand as soon as possible." Zhang Heping said, and picked up the phone again to ask about the school's enrollment and teaching matters.

Two days later, Zhang Heping's first wife Tang Xin reported to him that the storefront issue had been settled. The employees of Heping Real Estate Company in the capital's Zhongguancun had preliminarily decided on two buildings, a six-story old building and a 6-story new building under construction.

Tang Xin and Chen Shuting’s idea was very simple. Instead of delivering several storefronts, it would be easier to just deliver one floor.

As for the floors that have not been delivered, they will be handed over to the employees of Heping Real Estate Company for management, which will also help them to improve their business capabilities in the country.

Zhang Heping has recently been quite urgent in handling the affairs of Shenzhen Peace College.

In addition, the Zhang family did not hide the fact that Zhang Yi was married, so Mr. Hua, Director Wang and others naturally paid attention to it.

It so happened that many old men and women here had not been home for a long time, so Mr. Hua made an appointment with Zhang Heping on the time and place of the banquet, and took Mr. Li and others back to the capital first.

Zhang Heping was busy until noon on August 8 before he completed the preliminary development work of the space capsule on the Dapeng Peninsula.

The subsequent inspection work was left to other experts and assistants to follow up. Anyway, after the two space capsules were launched into space, no one would go in to use them for the time being, so remote experiments could be carried out relying on the intelligent machines inside the capsules.

That afternoon, Zhang Heping and his family returned to the northern shore of Houhai Lake in the capital.

Because Zhang Yi was the first grandchild to get married, at Ma Xiuzhen's strong request, the wedding room was set on the second floor of Building 7 in the Zhang family compound, which was Zhang Yi's own room.

So, when Zhang Heping and his party came back, big red lanterns with energy-saving lamps inside were hung inside and outside the Zhang family compound, and a big red "囍" character was also posted on the gate.

After Zhang Heping greeted his family and the Zhou family, he looked at his slightly embarrassed nephew Zhang Yi and said with a smile, "The wedding car and flowers should be arranged for the morning of the 26th!"

Zhang Yi smiled foolishly and said, "Uncle Yonghu arranged the convoy. My mother also asked someone to arrange the flowers that were airlifted in from Banna yesterday."

"Let's go see the new house your grandma and grandpa gave you, and take a look at the shops in Zhongguancun." Zhang Heping said, and then he took his family and bodyguards out of the courtyard and went out to find a car.

The street stalls near the lake have been revived for more than a year, but so far no one has come to manage them, so cars can't even drive in.

Finally, Zhang Heping's family, as well as the Zhou family who followed to watch the excitement, walked to Gulou West Street and got on the convoy sent by the Heping Automobile Experience Store.

Mother Ma Xiuzhen has bought quite a few houses in the past two years, including 25 one- and two-story courtyard houses. She only bought one apartment building, which has a total of 64 two-bedroom apartments.

Although the apartment building is in Xicheng, it is a bit far from Shuimu University, so Zhang Yi and his wife chose a two-story courtyard house that is closer to Shuimu University.

It is said that the first owner of this courtyard was a eunuch, but Zhang Yi and his wife had no taboo about it.

After Zhang Heping and his companions arrived at this courtyard with two entrances, they found that the courtyard seemed very small.

When everyone went in and out to check each room, it was a bit crowded. This was because the bodyguards and drivers didn't come in, otherwise it would have been even more crowded.

"Is there no bathroom?" Zhang Feng looked around and asked her question.

"Xiaofeng hasn't lived in the capital for a long time, so she doesn't know that most of the courtyard houses here don't have toilets." Zhang Nan explained with a smile:
"If you live in a courtyard like this, you have to go to the public toilet during the day, prepare a spittoon in the room at night, and then go to the public toilet to empty the spittoon in the morning."

Zhang Feng was shocked, "What a hassle!"

When everyone heard this, they just smiled and didn't say much.

Compared with most ordinary people in the capital, the Zhang family's living conditions are already very favorable.

You know, even in the 90s, there were still families in the capital living with several people squeezed into one room.

Zhang Heping walked around the yard and said to his eldest nephew Zhang Yi with a smile: "This yard must be well maintained. When your grandson is born, this yard can be sold for at least 50 million!"

The figure of 50 million stunned everyone.

The second son of the Zhou family counted on his fingers and said, "We'll get married this year and have a baby next year..."

"Zhang Yi, you will be able to have a grandchild in the first twenty-one years! Wow! In 2011, this house can be sold for fifty million? I can't believe it!"

Tang Xin smiled and said, "The people from the real estate company are here. Let's go to Zhongguancun to see the storefront they have chosen. Before, I just took a quick look during the video call, so I don't know exactly where it is."

The Zhou family had long heard from Ma Xiuzhen that uncle Zhang Heping was going to give his nephew a few shops, and when they heard it again, they were still very envious.

Zhou Laoer even thought that it would be better if he was a generation younger so that he could shamelessly curry favor with Zhang Heping's family.

"Do Xiaowen and Xiaochun have a partner?" Zhang Heping smiled and glanced at his eldest niece and cousin when he walked out of the yard.

Chang Wen smiled and replied, "Uncle San, I'm still studying for my master's degree!"

Zhou Xiaochun blushed and said nothing. Her mother Ma Lili smiled and said, "There are a few older women from their TV station who tried to matchmake her with girls, but this girl didn't like any of them."

Aunt Zhang Zhaodi asked casually, "Do Xiaobei and Xiaonan have a partner?"

The Zhang and Zhou families got into the car while chatting and laughing, and drove towards Zhongguancun nearby.

As the long black convoy drove away, the surrounding residents came out of the courtyard in twos and threes, and looked at Zhang Yi's courtyard gate with a big red "囍" character on it from afar.

"Who knows who lives in that courtyard? It's such a grand occasion, it's like a prince's journey in ancient times!"

"I heard from the neighborhood committee that the person who bought this yard seems to be named Ma."

"Ma? What does their family do? They have so many cars and bodyguards!"

"I don't know about this. How about we go to the neighborhood committee and ask?"

"Look at the Chinese character 囍 on the door. I guess they have a newlywed couple coming to live here. Everyone should be careful in the future and don't cause trouble for their family."

"Times have changed! The rich are once again bullying the poor!"

"Stop being so sarcastic. Having such a wealthy and powerful neighbor here might be able to help the neighborhood solve a lot of problems!"

...(End of chapter)