Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 829 Return to Shencheng

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Heping stood by the window, gazing at the night outside, lost in thought.

That Zhu Chen is a minor problem. At worst, we can slow down the release of the 300 billion magnesium in Shanghai, and then spread some rumors, and someone will try to sabotage his father.

What troubled him was the marriage problems of his sons and daughters.

He started dating his first wife, Tang Xin, when he was only 16, and none of his children are dating yet.

Is it because we've been protecting ourselves too much?

As he pondered, Zhang Heping's thoughts drifted back to the Japanese stock market.

The mess in the Middle East is halfway over and nearing its end!

Even taking into account post-event negotiations and the division of profits, the Americans should withdraw by the end of March at the latest.

After all, the US government was still very poor at that time, and they were not bold enough to print US dollars at will and hijack global finance!

This was evident even before the war broke out in the Middle East.

In order to wage this war, the US coerced and lured many countries to send troops and money, planning to spend 630 billion US dollars on the war, while other participating countries contributed 535 billion US dollars.

The United States borne less than 20% of the war expenses and even sold domestic weapons and equipment to the battlefield.

It not only consolidated its hegemony, but also made a fortune for the domestic military industry!

The key point is that after this war, the US will also divide up the Middle East's oil quotas, deeply linking the US dollar with oil, thereby solidifying the US dollar payment system.

Recently, various funds have been speculating on military and shipping stocks in the Japanese stock market, pushing the Nikkei index to 25000 points and boosting the bullish sentiment of Japanese stock investors. Those who were originally observing have also started rushing into the market.

It's time to leave!
On the morning of February 4th, just as the Japanese stock market opened, Heping Investment and Huma Investment quietly began selling their shares.

The recent rapid in-and-out trading of Japanese auto stocks has disrupted the upward technical curves of stocks such as Heping, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan.

Therefore, Zhang Heping did not allow his stepmother to invest half of her capital for day trading, but instead let them cash out their profits first.

On the same day, after the meeting, Zhang Heping expressed his idea of ​​returning to Shenzhen to Hua Lao.

In his view, the weaponry and equipment that the US military has shown so far is enough to warn Hua and Li.

For example, Raven electronic warfare aircraft and compass call jammers that cripple the radar and communication systems of Iran and Iraq, and laser-guided bombs and GPS-guided missiles that precisely strike strategic targets such as power plants and communication hubs.

And the domestically produced Type 69 tank, which was used as a target and was completely unable to fight back!
As he left the venue, Hua asked meaningfully, "Do you think the Eye of God defense system can detect their Nighthawk stealth fighters?"

These words made Zhang Heping's mind wander...

However, considering the seemingly amicable relationship between the two sides of the Pacific Ocean, Zhang Heping did not believe that Hua Lao and his team would sell the Eye of God defense system to Iran and Iraq at this critical juncture.

Based on what Elder Hua had just asked—whether the Eye of God defense system could detect stealth fighters—Zhang Heping had a guess in his mind. He estimated that they had found some middleman and only sold the monitoring equipment to them.

Zhang Heping followed behind Hua Lao until there were few people around before he responded: "In this battle, OMA deployed 70 navigation, communication, meteorological, reconnaissance and early warning satellites, forming a complete space combat system."

"What role can the Eye of God defense system play in this modern warfare?"

Hua Lao was taken aback by these words, but considering that Zhang Heping had been speaking very little in meetings recently, he guessed that Zhang was still complaining about not being asked to handle military preparations.

"Although we don't engage in military competition, our research on weapons and equipment has never stopped. We just never imagined that Europe and the US would develop their weapons and tactics to this extent," Hua said with a slight smile.

"Don't worry, with the navigation and communication satellites you launched, as well as the equipment blueprints you provided, we will soon be able to assemble a modern force!"

"The Americans' weapons and equipment are just so-so!" Zhang Heping said nonchalantly. "I'm going back to Shenzhen this afternoon. There are still a bunch of experimental projects to be pushed forward in the space capsule."

"Please explain this to me here at the meeting. If anything happens, please let me know via video chat."

Old Hua thought about how Zhang Heping had been delayed here for more than twenty days, and the news of Zhang Nian's resignation from Shanghai, and nodded helplessly, saying, "Okay, if there are any problems later, I'll have them contact you by phone."

~
Peaceful Aerospace, Northwest Space Exploration Base.

"Let me reiterate the confidentiality regulations!" A middle-aged man with a square face, dressed in a gray-white work uniform, stood behind the conference room's podium and addressed the employees who were about to go home for the Chinese New Year, speaking in a deep voice:

"Once you return, you are not allowed to reveal to anyone what you saw here, and you are even less allowed to disclose your work content. If you violate this rule, you will be fired at the very least, and imprisoned at worst!"

"Remember?"

As the middle-aged manager loudly questioned him, a unified voice echoed in the meeting room, "Understood!"

"The meeting is dismissed!"

As everyone quietly left the venue, Zhang Cuishan, with his dark skin, quickly caught up with his son Zhang Xin, whom he hadn't seen for over a year.

"Xiaoxin!" Zhang Cuishan grabbed his son, who had just been released from the simulation base, and looked him up and down excitedly. "You've lost weight, but you look more energetic than before!"

How could I not be energetic?
This kid has just been released from the sealed space station simulation base and is about to return to human society. He's in high spirits right now!
Zhang Xin didn't recognize him at first glance and asked in surprise, "Dad, why are you so tanned?"

"I've been assigned to the Mars simulation base..." Zhang Cuishan had just started to say when Zhang Xin covered his mouth.

Zhang Xin glanced around and, seeing that the people around him were engrossed in their conversation and hadn't noticed them, he whispered with a hint of fear, "Don't talk nonsense, or you'll get fired!"

Zhang Cuishan pulled his son Zhang Xin aside and whispered, "I heard that there are 3 men and 3 women in your group. Do you have a girlfriend?"

"No!" Zhang Xin shook his head. He would never reveal that he had slacked off during the mission and was disliked by the other five team members.

Zhang Cuishan frowned and thought for a while, as if he had made a big decision, "When we go back this time, we'll look around in the capital first. If we can find you a business opportunity, you won't need to come here!"

"Why should I?!" Zhang Xin protested.

He wouldn't give up a leisurely job like this, where he could stay in a closed space, just tend to flowers and insects, lie down and play computer games or read novels, and no one would bother him.

"Aren't you getting married?" Zhang Cuishan frowned deeply, and said anxiously, "We haven't spent much of our salaries in the past two years, and we've already saved up 5 yuan!"

“Once we get back to the capital, we’ll buy a storefront and then find you a business.”

“When the time comes, I will work here and send you 200 yuan a month as my salary. You just need to focus on doing business and finding a partner.”

Zhang Xin thought about the lack of freedom he had felt over the past year, being confined in a small, enclosed space, and then about how he could earn 200 yuan for doing nothing, plus the depictions of love and romance in novels. So he nodded and said, "Then let's go back to the capital first."

After the father and son reached a consensus, they walked together to the cafeteria.

Thinking of the money in his salary card, Zhang Xin couldn't help but ask, "Dad, aren't we going back to our hometown?" "What's the point of going back?" Zhang Cuishan said irritably, "A bunch of poor relatives, all they ever talk about is borrowing money!"

~
Zhang Heping didn't wait for his eldest and second eldest sisters' families. He took four bodyguards and went back to Hong Kong Island first. He held a meeting with the fund managers of Heping Investment and Stepmother Investment Company to postpone their Spring Festival holiday!
The only reason to blame the Japanese is that they don't celebrate the Spring Festival in sync with the mainland, and they even have to keep their businesses open during the holiday!
After reaching a consensus between the two investment companies, Zhang Heping promised to give each person in both companies a large New Year's red envelope before taking a boat back to Shenzhen overnight.

After spending time with his family, Zhang Heping threw himself into the research and development of the longevity-enhancing medicine the very next day.

He rushed back so urgently for two reasons. First, the trading strategy on the Japanese stock market had been adjusted, and it was inconvenient for him to call his subordinates in the capital to explain the details.

Secondly, he was worried about the experimental samples in the spacecraft, because some of the samples were kept secret from the assistants, and Zhang Heping was concerned that they might make mistakes.

It's important to understand that a small mistake in a spacecraft could potentially require another spacecraft to transport experimental materials to rectify the situation.

A little damage is fine, but the time lost can't be recovered!
After hearing that Zhang Heping had returned, many experts at the Shenzhen Peace Academy came over with questions, surrounding the glass partition of the space capsule remote control center and asking all sorts of questions, completely disregarding confidentiality principles.

Seeing this, Zhang Nian, the third daughter who came to relax, suddenly felt that Zhu Chen, who only knew how to do secretarial work, was worlds apart from her father, Zhang Heping.

Thinking of this, Zhang Nian happened to see her father turn to look at her, so she smiled, waved, and turned to leave the laboratory building.

After thinking it through, Zhang Nian went home and told his mother, Tang Xin, about his trip. Then, he left the academy with a male and a female bodyguard and went to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

It is said that since the Shenzhen Stock Exchange opened, it has still not received approval from the higher authorities, making everyone at the exchange feel anxious, as if they are walking a tightrope.

Fortunately, no criticism came from above, which gave them the courage to persevere.

Zhang Nian came to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, not to apply for a job there.

She just wanted to come and see, to compare the stock exchanges in the two places.

Compared to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which is located in an old Western-style building, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, with its brand-new glass curtain wall building, is much more financially powerful and has already left the Shanghai Stock Exchange far behind.

However, the number of stocks listed on these two stock exchanges is still in the single digits, and they are cautiously exploring their way forward, which is why she is unwilling to work here.

After visiting the stock exchange, Zhang Nian then went to check out the banks, insurance companies, and trust companies in the area.

She studied political economy, which was more theoretical, but that didn't stop her from wanting to work in finance.

To be precise, she wanted to start a financial company, but she hadn't decided which one to start with.

When she got home for dinner that evening, Zhang Nian shared her thoughts at the table.

Stepmother Chen Shuting immediately smiled and said, "The group hasn't gotten involved in the insurance business yet, Xiao Nian, why don't you give it a try?"

When insurance was mentioned, Zhang Heping casually asked, "What did Ping An Insurance say?"

Upon hearing this question, Chen Shuting frowned. "They're still stalling. I don't even want to send anyone to talk to them anymore."

Zhang Heping nodded noncommittally, offering no further comment.

Zhang Nian chimed in, "How about I register an insurance company?"

“An insurance license might be difficult to obtain!” Chen Shuting said, glancing at her husband, her meaning clear.

Zhang Heping laughed and said, "Xiao Nian is studying economics, not management. Why should she start from scratch?"

"You mean, acquisition?" Chen Shuting said, immediately thinking of several overseas insurance companies.

Zhang Nian looked troubled. "Dad, I want to start my own company like my older brother and second sister."

“Even if you want to start your own company, you don’t have to refuse your family’s help!” Zhang Nan laughed from the side. “My Global Trading Company has often gotten business from my stepmother’s Tingmei Trading.”

"And then there's Zhangbei's Hong Kong Island Technology Company. Its business has been bad lately, and it's just that it's been relying on Heping Smart Technology Company's server resources."

"What's going on with all those online games you play?" Zhang Heping casually asked his eldest son, Zhang Bei.

"Me?" Zhang Bei was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled awkwardly, "I spent money to buy a lot of games to aggregate on our company's gaming platform, but the response hasn't been very good."

“The games you bought aren’t fun!” Xiao Liu Zhang Hu interjected. “On your gaming platform, I only play Miracle Games now.”

"However, there are not many things to spend money on in Miracles game, the only thing that can make me spend money is player equipment trading."

“The platform isn’t well-designed!” Zhang Heping picked up his soup bowl and said calmly, “If I had QQ create a free gaming platform and then announce that all kinds of games could join the platform for free, with game revenue shared proportionally among the participants.”

"Tell me, what should be the future of your company?"

“I…” Zhang Bei frowned and fell into deep thought.

Zhang Yi, who was standing next to him, laughed and said, "I've already told you the answer, what are you still thinking about?"

Zhang Bei looked slightly taken aback, then hesitated. "Dad, isn't it a bad idea for me to go to the Smart Technology Company? Tang Wei is doing quite well there!"

After finishing his soup, Zhang Heping laughed and said, "You said it yourself, Tang Wei did a good job, why would I ask you to cause trouble?"

Ignoring his eldest son's bewildered expression, Zhang Heping looked at his third daughter and said, "Without the family's support, can't you acquire an insurance company on your own?"

"There are so many cases of snake-swallowing-elephant acquisitions in Hong Kong, you must have heard of them!"

"Of course, if you want to experience the process of starting a company from scratch, then feel free to do so."

"Dad!" Seeing Zhang Heping stand up, Zhang Bei hurriedly said, "Do you want my company to cooperate with Smart Technology Company to create a free game platform?"

"Think for yourselves!" Zhang Heping said, then told everyone to eat slowly before going upstairs to his study to check the stock market.

Seeing that Zhang Bei was still deep in thought after his third uncle left, Zhang Yi couldn't help but say again, "Xiao Bei, you're too caught up in the situation to see things clearly!"

“QQ hasn’t started its free game platform yet. You can do as your dad says, let games join for free, and then split the revenue according to a percentage.”

"Once you've perfected the game platform, whether you continue to run it yourself or partner with QQ, it's entirely up to you."

While the two cousins ​​were discussing the gaming platform, Chang Wen joined in on Zhang Nan and Zhang Nian's conversation about their company.

Chang Qing chatted with Zhang Long and Zhang Hu about how to improve the drones, while Zhang Ting and Zhang Feng whispered about foreign literature.

Ma Xiuzhen watched silently from the side, sighing inwardly that the children had grown up and she could hardly understand what they were saying anymore...

(End of this chapter)