Break out of the courtyard

After parting ways with Chairman He, Chairman Guo, and others, Zhang Heping took a boat from the small pier north of the Heping Big Health Medical Research Institute and returned to Shenzhen.

Less than 10 minutes later, the head of the stepmother investment company sent an email and called Zhang Heping, assuring him that a similar safety incident would not happen again.

Next came the report and phone call from the bodyguard squad leader. Zhang Heping accepted the leader's decision to demote him and reduce his salary, and to demote the four bodyguards to trainee bodyguards.

After all, they are four young people; we can't condemn them all at once. We should give them a chance to make amends.

Subsequently, Zhang Heping attached his proposed handling of the matter to the forwarded email and sent it to Wei Chunqiao, the head of the Umbrella Security Company.

Wei Chunqiao is 61 years old this year, and his thinking is somewhat out of step with that of today's young people. Fortunately, he has not made any further mistakes in recent years, and his loyalty is also unquestionable.

Therefore, Zhang Heping has no intention of replacing him for the time being.

Moreover, Zhang Heping also has longevity potions at his disposal, which can allow these old subordinates to shine for a few more years.

After returning to the Shenzhen Peace Academy, Zhang Heping did not go to the space capsule remote control center, but instead went to the underground base.

The live experiments in the space capsule have entered the later stages. Once the efficacy observation is completed, we will test whether the small return capsule brought up by the No. 2 longevity space capsule can bring back the newly developed longevity drug.

Those observation tasks can be handed over to the assistants and students. Zhang Heping is going to the underground base mainly to prepare vehicle models for production at Wucheng Heping Automobile Branch, Wucheng Shipbuilding Company, and Shaanxi Aircraft Technology Company.

The Wucheng Heping Automobile Branch was converted from the Wucheng Locomotive Factory. The conversion of the factory area was short, but the delivery of the supporting equipment was delayed.

Wucheng Shipbuilding Company has Wucheng Shipyard and Wucheng Steel Plant under its jurisdiction, which is one of the reasons why Umbrella Security Company invested 100 billion magnesium yuan but only holds 49% of the shares.

Of course, the main reason is that Wucheng Shipbuilding Company will be responsible for building the first aircraft carrier in China, as well as cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and so on.

As for the fighter jets, those will fall to Shaanxi Aircraft Industry Corporation.

After the Middle East conflict ended, domestic military industrial projects were fully restarted!
Zhang Heping, who once advocated for military preparedness and later produced a wealth of advanced weaponry manufacturing data, was naturally entrusted with an important task.

However, Zhang Heping wanted to conduct his research on longevity potions, and was only willing to provide financial and technical support, not wanting to waste time traveling all over the country.

That's why we started by making vehicle models.

The 3D printing laboratory in the underground base will gather many experts in vehicles, ships, and aircraft.

Following the blueprints provided by Zhang Heping, and with the assistance of Zhang Long, Zhang Hu, and hundreds of assistants, they have already produced some small models of armored vehicles, ships, and aircraft, gaining a more intuitive understanding of the weapons and equipment that they will soon be leading the production of.

Zhang Heping came here for two reasons: first, to inspect the models they had made; and second, to use these models to explain the subsequent production requirements and answer their questions.

~
November 4, 2 a.m.

New York, the United States.

With the widespread adoption of electronic trading systems in the financial industry, Wall Street's financial elites have started working in three shifts to handle global financial business.

In order to keep up with the Japanese stock market and make timely adjustments, Tang Lie has been living and working in his office on Wall Street.

Just as he finished his phone call with his third brother Tang Qiang, who was far away in Hong Kong, several major shareholders of Datang Automobile Company and the head of Morgan Stanley Investment Bank came to his door together at that time.

"Mr. Tang, you've really put us in a difficult position!" Smith, who owned 36% of Datang Automobile Company, acquired all of the Datang Automobile shares held by the Tang family five years ago, becoming the largest shareholder of Datang Automobile Company.

Currently, affected by the joint statement of 33 countries suspending the production of pure electric vehicles, Datang Motors in the United States has been shut down for more than a month.

Tang Lie stood up to greet him, but his words were anything but polite: "Mr. Smith, I don't understand what you mean by that. Please explain!"

Smith, chairman of Datang Motors, said with a serious expression, "Because of your uncle Zhang Heping, countries like Germany and Italy are cracking down on pure electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles with all their might, and you..."

Tang Lie was about to ask his secretary to pour coffee when his face suddenly darkened. "If you insist on saying that, I'll have to ask you to leave!"

This was started by the Americans, so how can you blame Zhang Heping?

Besides, Tang Lie has no say in Zhang Heping's affairs, let alone blame him!

"Mr. Tang, Smith was just joking with you, don't take it seriously!" The head of Morgan Stanley Investment Bank laughed and smoothed things over. "We're here to discuss a big deal with the Peace Group through you!"

Seeing that Smith's smiling expression was no longer as serious as before, Tang Lie nodded and gestured to the female secretary waiting at the door to bring over coffee.

After inviting them to sit down, Tang Lie asked directly, "Gentlemen, it's getting late. Please speak frankly about any business you wish to discuss!"

Although the Peace Group dislikes these Americans and will not cooperate directly with them, the Tang family can.

Just like their Datang Telecom company, which won the 4G communication business of North Magnesium in less than a year.

However, the Tang family also paid a heavy price to capture such a large market share in such a short time:
60% stake in Datang Telecom!

It was precisely because they relinquished most of their shares that they received support from various capital sources in the United States.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Americans, the Tang family is a very good partner.

"Mr. Tang!" The head of Morgan Stanley pointed his right index finger at the shareholders of Datang Automobile Company present and said:
"In order to make up for their losses from not being able to produce pure electric vehicles, the US government agreed to help them acquire shares in Japanese automakers such as Toyota, Honda, and Nissan, and then switch to producing gasoline-powered vehicles."

“We’ve heard that the Peace Group wants to acquire Japan’s car company.” The head of Morgan Investment Bank looked at Tang Lie and smiled. “As long as the price is right, we can transfer the shares of Japan’s car company to the Peace Group.”

"Mr. Tang, could you please convey our goodwill to the boss behind the Peace Group?"

Tang Lie leaned back on the sofa, smiling as he looked at the shareholders of Datang Motors, without giving an immediate answer.

It's not like you can just ask him to make contact without giving him any benefits.

Moreover, they want to raise the price on the spot!
The head of Morgan Stanley Investment Bank, not receiving a reply from Tang Lie, added, "Mr. Tang, please share your thoughts, and we can discuss and resolve them together!"

"Peace Group will not buy shares of Japanese automakers from you!" Tang Lie withdrew his gaze, stood up and walked to his desk, turning his back to everyone as he said, "To be precise, Peace Group will not do business directly with Americans!"

The head of Morgan Stanley immediately understood Tang Lie's implication: "Mr. Tang, are you implying that we can only complete this deal by first transferring the shares of Ridao Auto to you, and then you transferring them to Heping Group?"

Tang Lie picked up his cigar box from his desk, turned around and walked back to the sofa, saying casually, "Peace Motors recently increased its capital by 30 billion US dollars to build a gasoline-powered car manufacturing plant in Wucheng, mainland."

“I looked at their internal data for gasoline-powered cars. One car focuses on fuel efficiency, while the other focuses on power output. Their competitors are Nissan and Euromax.”

Tang Lie had never seen the internal documents of the Wucheng Peace Automobile Branch Factory, because those high-horsepower military vehicles were prioritized for supply to the troops, and the current level of secrecy was still very high.

However, the two engine parameters publicly disclosed by Peace Motors are enough for him to brag about, and Zhang Heping will not come to the United States to expose him anyway.

Furthermore, this guy was just telling those people to state their purpose.

However, once he realized there was a profit to be made, he took a roundabout approach, trying to drive down the price indirectly. "We are aware of what Mr. Tang is saying," the head of Morgan Stanley Investment Bank said with a smile. "However, the Peace Group's intention to acquire Japan Auto is quite clear."

"As long as Mr. Tang can facilitate this deal, you, as the middleman, will definitely make a lot of money from it!"

When Tang Lie saw his female secretary bring him coffee, he didn't answer immediately, as if he was pondering the pros and cons.

After everyone in front of him had tasted the coffee, Tang Lie spoke up: "How about this, you all go back and discuss a price first!"

"I also need to ask the Peace Group to see if they really want to acquire the Japanese car company."

……

When Tang Lie called Zhang Heping, Zhang Heping was busy with equipment matters at the underground base.

When Zhang Heping returned home for dinner in the evening, he learned from his father-in-law, Tang Ming, that an American had approached Tang Lie to discuss the transfer of shares in a Japanese car company.

This news may seem like just a simple equity transfer transaction, but the hidden information it contains awaits further investigation.

Because there is a 12-hour time difference between the United States and Shenzhen, Zhang Heping did not call Tang Lie back immediately.

He was busy in his study until 10 p.m. before he finally made a transoceanic call to Tang Lie.

"Uncle..." Tang Lie, who had only gone to sleep at 4 a.m., was woken up by the phone ringing and was still a little dazed.

“Ask those Americans!” Zhang Heping said calmly into his phone, “How many shares of Japan Motors are the Japanese willing to transfer to them? Buying too few is useless!”

Upon hearing about Ridao Motors, Tang Lie immediately snapped out of his daze and asked with slight surprise, "Uncle, Heping Motors' technology is better than Nissan's, so why did you still acquire Ridao Motors' shares?"

Acquiring Nissan cars and replacing them with Heping Motors is something that cannot be exposed in advance, as it could easily provoke fierce resistance from the Japanese people.

“You’ll see in a few years!” Zhang Heping didn’t want to talk about this anymore and changed the subject, saying, “If those American guys want to make money from this equity transfer, they might suppress the stock price of Japanese automakers after the transfer price is agreed upon.”

"Furthermore, since Japanese automakers can transfer shares to Americans, can other Japanese companies also do the same? Is this a condition for Euro-Magnesium Capital to help rescue the Japanese stock market?"

"Will Euromag Capital accept the huge debts incurred by Japanese companies due to failed real estate and stock speculation? Did the Japanese investors promise any other conditions?"

Faced with Zhang Heping's barrage of questions, Tang Lie's mind went blank again, and he couldn't react for a moment.

By the time he wanted to write down those questions, Zhang Heping was already about to hang up!
"Before you find out the details, I suggest you sell all your Japanese stocks."

"That's all, you can get back to your work!"

Chen Shuting put down her work when her husband Zhang Heping called.

Upon hearing that it was related to shares in Japanese car companies, he got up and walked towards Zhang Heping's desk.

Seeing Zhang Heping put down his phone, Chen Shuting asked with a hint of doubt, "Honey, is there some problem with the Japanese stocks again? Should we liquidate our Japanese stock holdings?"

Because the financial team of Heping Group did not liquidate their Japanese stocks during the day, Chen Shuting was very puzzled when she heard Zhang Heping's words. She didn't know why Zhang Heping wanted the person on the other end of the phone to liquidate their Japanese stocks.

"We don't need it!" Zhang Heping shut down the computer, got up and walked towards the door, explaining to his concubine Chen Shuting who had followed him:

“Those fund managers have recently been learning how to hedge stock risks, and the current strange market conditions in Japanese stocks are a good opportunity for them to practice.”

"What I just said was for Tang Lie's ears. He and Tang Qiang have both bought a lot of Japanese stocks recently, and haven't noticed that Euromag's funds are reducing their holdings."

"Oh!" After realizing it had nothing to do with her own company, Chen Shuting wasn't so concerned anymore and casually started talking about how Umbrella Security Company had punished those bodyguards that afternoon.

……

On the other side of the ocean, Tang Lie sat on his single wire bed for a while, and after sorting out his thoughts, he hurriedly called his third brother, Tang Qiang.

After listening to his elder brother Tang Lie's halting retelling, Tang Qiang grasped the key question: "Are you sure your uncle told you to sell all your Japanese stocks?"

"I can confirm that!" Tang Lie said confidently into the phone, "Before my uncle asked me to clarify those matters, he suggested that I liquidate all my Japanese stocks!"

Tang Qiang's murmur came from the other end of the phone, "Why didn't my uncle let me sell all my Japanese stocks? I asked him before, and he still just said he wasn't optimistic about Japanese stocks..."

Tang Lie frowned as he looked into his phone and asked, "Qiang, my position is only a quarter full. What's your position?"

"Half-position!" Tang Qiang replied, then suddenly exclaimed in shock, "Oh no! My uncle also told us to buy less Japanese stocks recently!"

"Understood!" Tang Lie said with certainty, "Uncle is using me to remind you to liquidate your positions. Remember to sell those Japanese stocks tomorrow and don't be greedy for small profits."

Tang Qiang hesitated and said, "Didn't your uncle tell you to find out about those things? You should investigate as soon as possible today. I'll wait for your news and then decide whether to clear out all the Japanese stocks tomorrow morning."

"Then wait for my call!" Tang Lie said, and hung up the phone.

Tang Lie got up, paced back and forth in the office a few times, and finally decided to use the money to test the waters.

There are many consulting firms on Wall Street. Tang Lie thought of the questions Zhang Heping had raised and quickly focused his consultations on consulting firms with US government backing.

In addition, Tang Lie also called his secretary, driver, and bodyguard, asking them to contact a private investigator to investigate the issues from other angles.

After Tang Lie spent nearly ten million US dollars, he finally found out the reason why European and American funds helped rescue the Japanese stock market.

The Japanese Ministry of Finance has pledged to lower interest rates at the Bank of Japan, with the possibility of implementing a 0% interest rate in the future.

With this premise in mind, Japan's Ministry of Finance requested European and American funds to invest in Japanese companies to help Japan overcome its difficulties.

Investing in Japanese companies means that Japan Island will have to make concessions.

In previous years, Japanese companies exported a large amount of products, which led to condemnation of Japan from European and American countries, forcing the Japanese government to restrict exports to quell public anger.

However, the prerequisite for European and American companies to invest in Japanese companies is that these companies still have excellent profitability!
Are there any Japanese companies doing this now?

When Tang Lie asked himself this question, he couldn't help but think of the Peace Group's rating of the various listed companies on Japan Island.

Only Peace Motors and three traditional Chinese medicine companies had their ratings maintained, while the rest of the companies were downgraded!

Crucially, the Peace Group's rating reports also have considerable influence on Wall Street.

Because the rating report provided by the Peace Group was not simply a denigration, but a reasoned and evidence-based analysis!
...(End of chapter)