Break out of the courtyard

"Consultant Zhang suggested that we first take the inspection team to visit the Shenzhen Smart City Management Center?"

Upon hearing the report from the director of the secretariat, the person in charge in Shenzhen frowned and wondered what Zhang's purpose was in making this suggestion.

"Secretary Liang relayed this to me!" the director of the secretariat said truthfully. "Secretary Liang was worried that when the inspection team went to the smart city management center, they might happen to see the surveillance footage of the motorcycle thief committing the crime."

"In addition, Advisor Zhang did not agree to allow the guards sent by Huadu to enter their college and factory."

The person in charge of Shenzhen stood up, walked to the wall at the back, looked at the map of Shenzhen on the wall, frowned and said, "Isn't the 3D model plastic map of Shenzhen that we prepared too small-scale?"

"If we used the large screen in the smart city management center to display a real-time satellite map of Shenzhen, wouldn't it feel more advanced and modern?"

"The key is that it can more intuitively showcase the achievements of Shenzhen's rapid development over the years!"

“Uh…” The head of the secretariat did not expect that the other party did not care about the motorcycle thief at all, and replied, “From the perspective you mentioned, it is indeed as you said, it can better showcase our Shenzhen.”

The Shenzhen representative, with his hands behind his back, looked at the map of the Nanshan area and laughed, "How can you tell how much support we provide for the projects under the Heping Group without looking at them from above? Don't you think so?"

After hearing Liang's account, the head of the secretariat felt that Zhang Heping's suggestion was merely to demonstrate Shenzhen's security capabilities.

But when it came to the person in charge, it became a great opportunity to showcase the entire city of Shenzhen.

"I'll call the head of the Shenzhen Smart City Management Center later to discuss coordinating the visit," the secretary said, then asked about the motorcycle thief.

The Shenzhen city official waved his hand dismissively and said, "Have the municipal bureau work overtime today to rectify the situation overnight. Don't let Shenzhen City lose face!"

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Zhang Heping waited at the Peace Academy in Shenzhen for two more days before receiving a call from Secretary Chen, one of Hua Lao's subordinates. Secretary Chen said that Hua Lao and his inspection team had arrived in Huadu by train and were expected to travel to Shenzhen by car the next day.

However, not long after that call, Secretary Chen called again, saying that they had already entered the expressway from Huadu to Shenzhen.

What Zhang Heping didn't know was that the inspection team's original itinerary only gave Wucheng one day.

As a result, because of their visits to the Heping Diamond Factory, Heping Battery Factory, Heping Display Factory, and Heping Automobile Branch Factory, they ended up staying for an extra 3 days.

As for why they were in such a hurry to come to Shenzhen today, it's because some people couldn't wait to see the development of Shenzhen and the Shenzhen Peace Academy, which is headed by Zhang Heping.

To Zhang Heping's surprise, Hua Lao directly led the inspection team into the Shenzhen Peace Academy, and sent the resentful Hua Du and Shenzhen accompanying personnel to the Peace Hotel across the street.

When Zhang Heping received the message, Hua Lao had already led the inspection team to the top floor of the biological gene laboratory building and stood in front of the automatically opening glass door.

"Please wait a moment, leaders. Our experiment cannot be stopped for the time being. I'm sorry!" Zhang Heping said to Hua Lao and his group without turning his head, staring at the display screen.

The six assistants on duty this afternoon, like Zhang Heping, stared intently at their respective monitors.

Only the students behind the assistants were distracted and saw the group of people coming in through the door. They wanted to go and greet them, but they didn't hear Zhang Heping's instructions to the assistant teacher.

Fortunately, Mr. Hua waved to them and casually said, "You guys go ahead with your work, I'll be their guide."

As he spoke, Hua Lao chuckled and led the inspection team to the large screen in the remote control center hall. "The images displayed on this screen are the monitoring footage of the Shouyuan 1, 2, 3, and 4 space capsules."

"When you look at it, you should divide it into four sections, like a grid."

"The eight monitoring screens in the upper left area correspond to the monitoring screens inside and outside the Shouyuan-1 spacecraft; the upper right area is the monitoring screen of the No. 2 spacecraft, the lower left is the No. 3 spacecraft, and the lower right is the No. 4 spacecraft."

"These four spacecraft are connected end to end, flying in a rod shape in space 410 kilometers above the ground at a speed of about 7.7 kilometers per second. It is estimated that it will take 90 minutes to circle the Earth once."

……

While Hua Lao was acting as a guide there, explaining the space experiment module that he had been strongly recommending to the inspection team along the way, most of the inspection team members were secretly observing the young man, Zhang Heping, who was sitting alone at the central control panel.

Even though they had seen Zhang Heping's appearance on television, in newspapers, and online before, they still found it hard to believe that this young man was the scientist who was famous at home and abroad when they saw him in person!
This person looks so young!
His floral shirt and white trousers seemed somewhat out of place in this high-tech laboratory.

"The induced differentiation experiment begins. The subsequent observation and recording are now in your hands!" Zhang Heping stepped back, slid his chair away, and stood up.

Professor Tang, the assistant, craned his neck to look at Zhang Heping's back and said, "Professor Zhang, after the seed space experiment in Yazhou Bay is over, our small return capsule may not be able to hold all those fruits."

"It's alright, our spaceship is undergoing final testing. We'll use the spaceship to bring back the remaining experimental samples later," Zhang Heping said, and then walked towards Elder Hua and his group.

With Hua Lao's introduction, Zhang Heping shook hands with each member of the inspection team and then answered their various questions.

Because Zhang Heping had just mentioned the spaceship, the gray-clad elder at the head of the group couldn't help but suggest that they go to the Heping Space Base right now to see what the spaceship looked like.

"No rush! No rush!" Old Hua said with a smile. "You can rest at my place first. I'll take you to visit the underground base here later, and then I'll take you to visit the Dapeng Peninsula in Shenzhen tomorrow morning."

"Besides Heping Aerospace Company, there are some other factories on the Dapeng Peninsula. You won't be able to see them all if you go now, so you'll have to make another trip tomorrow."

The old man in gray laughed and said, "Then I'll do as you say. Let's go see what your luxurious villa looks like first?"

After everyone left the remote control center with smiles on their faces, they drove straight to the villa area.

Zhang Heping lived in Villa No. 1, Villa No. 2 was assigned to Director Wang, Villa No. 3 was assigned to Lao Liu Zhao Jianguo, but Villa No. 4 was assigned to Hua Lao.

In this era where seniority is paramount, this method of division is clearly against the rules.

Therefore, when the inspection team asked who lived in Villa No. 2 and Villa No. 3, Mr. Hua was a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Mr. Li, Mrs. Zheng, and other elderly people often came over, and Mr. Hua was already used to this kind of question. He casually explained the situation to Wang Sumei and Zhao Jianguo, who had moved in earlier.

In addition, in order to receive the inspection team, Hua Lao also opened the door of Director Wang's Villa No. 2 and arranged for the rest of the people who could not stay in Villa No. 4 to stay there.

As soon as these people were settled, Elder Hua suggested that Zhang Heping take the pulse of the elderly man in gray at the head of the group and come up with a treatment plan.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Heping guessed that Elder Hua might want him to use the Lifespan 120 potion on the gray-robed old man.

Now, the gray-clad old man, Mr. Zheng, whose pulse Zhang Heping had taken, was the same age as the old Mrs. Zheng who was still busy with Project Hope in the capital, only a year or two away from turning 90. "How long can Mr. Zheng stay in Shenzhen?" Zhang Heping withdrew his hand, took the pen and paper handed to him by Secretary Chen, and asked casually.

A staff member accompanying Mr. Zheng, who was dressed in gray, replied, "We'll only be staying in Shenzhen for about a week at most. Is there a problem?"

While writing the recuperation prescription, Zhang Heping said, "I suggest that Old Zheng stay here for two months to recuperate, so that we can change his recuperation prescription in a timely manner. Do you think you can find some time to come over later?"

"Two months of recuperation?" A middle-aged woman in a red coat asked in confusion among the entourage, "I heard that other people usually only need one month of recuperation with you, why does my father need two months?"

"Illness comes like a landslide, but recovery is like pulling silk from a cocoon." Zhang Heping put down his pen, picked up the prescription he had just written, handed it to Old Zheng's daughter, and instructed her:
"This prescription only needs to be used for one week. After that, the prescription will need to be adjusted according to Mr. Zheng's physical condition."

Zhang Heping did not give a direct answer about the two-month time limit, because he had already promised to give away all five doses of Lifespan 120 potion. If he wanted to wait for the next batch of Lifespan 120 potion, he would have to wait two months.

After giving the prescription, Zhang Heping made an excuse to go home and say hello, and left Villa No. 4 ahead of everyone else.

No sooner had he left than Old Hua followed him out, pulled Zhang Heping aside, and whispered, "Old Zheng needs two months of recuperation. Is he sick?"

Zhang Heping casually replied, "Some old injuries and some age-related ailments, but it's not a big problem."

Upon hearing Zhang Heping's words, Elder Hua immediately inquired about the Lifespan 120 potion.

Just then, Mr. Qian, who was receiving recuperation here, arrived in the underground base's shuttle vehicle, interrupting Mr. Hua's conversation with Zhang Heping.

After Zhang Heping was called away by Qian Lao, Hua Lao returned to Villa No. 4 with some reluctance. He talked to the inspection team about the confidentiality regulations and discussed which people to take to visit the underground base later.

Not long after, Zheng, who had signed a confidentiality agreement, left his entourage behind and went to visit the underground base with Hua.

Old Zheng's idea was simple: since it was a top-secret underground base, it was not appropriate for anyone else, including his daughter, to go down and visit.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't be going down there after retirement.

However, he promised Hua Lao that he would help Hua Lao and his team secure some special military funding this year.

Therefore, he needs to go to this underground base to investigate and see if it is as Hua Lao said, possessing technology that is decades ahead of other countries!

……

Zhao Jianguo, director of the Smart City Management Center, and Liang Kai from the Secretariat are currently the only two people in the Shenzhen government who can be admitted to the Shenzhen Peace Academy.

However, when they returned to the academy, they only saw the other members of the inspection team, but not the leader, Old Zheng.

When Secretary Liang mentioned tomorrow's itinerary, the secretary in charge of scouting the route, arranging the itinerary, and coordinating with various units in the inspection team said to Secretary Liang with a rather helpless expression:
"Professor Hua suggested that we go to Dapeng Peninsula in Shenzhen tomorrow, and Professor Zheng has already agreed."

Secretary Liang frowned and said, "So, should we postpone the itinerary we discussed earlier by one day, or should we renegotiate and make new arrangements?"

The secretary accompanying the inspection team glanced at the watch on his right hand and said, "We'll communicate again tomorrow afternoon. Mr. Zheng might stay here for a few more days, so you don't need to worry."

Just as the accompanying secretary had predicted, after returning to Villa No. 4 with Mr. Hua that evening, Mr. Zheng happily decided to stay in Shenzhen for a few more days.

The following day, accompanied by Zhang Heping, Hua Lao led the inspection team, along with accompanying personnel from Huadu and Shenzhen, to Dapeng Peninsula in Shenzhen.

They spent most of the day just visiting the Peace Space Company's launch control center, as well as the manufacturing plants for rockets, satellites, spacecraft, and other products.

After they visited the astronaut training base, it got dark.

So, on the third day of their visit to Shenzhen, the inspection team spent time on the Dapeng Peninsula, visiting the hydrogen production plant, seawater desalination plant, seawater refining plant, and the Peace Chip Factory, which is at least 10 years ahead of the world.

Because they had brought along people from Huadu and Shenzhen to accompany them throughout the trip, they temporarily gave up on discussing the itinerary and decided to wait until they had finished visiting the joint ventures and factories under the Heping Group before making any further plans.

On the fourth day, Zhang Heping used the excuse of being busy with experiments to avoid accompanying them on their visit to the Southern Power Company.

Zhang Heping couldn't stand the pace of their visit, which involved looking, touching, and trying things out, so he sent his concubine, Chen Shuting, to accompany them.

As he expected, the thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plant of Southern Power Company and the Southern Power mobile phone factory alone took up another day for them.

On the fifth day, the factories, including the Peace Materials Factory, the Surveillance Equipment Factory, the Automobile Factory, the Optical Card Factory, and the Precision Instrument Factory, took up another day of their time.

On the sixth day, the inspection team spent another day at the Shenzhen branch of Peace Investment, because it is the manager of the Peace Prize Trust Fund and a major investor that has invested tens of billions of US dollars in China!

On the morning of the seventh day, considering the health of Elder Zheng and Elder Hua, everyone originally wanted them to rest, but unexpectedly, after taking a walk around the Peace Academy, they went to the Peace Hospital next door.

In the afternoon, they visited Shenzhen Hospital, where they toured the Cancer Treatment Research Institute, Neurosurgery Research Institute, and the proton and heavy ion therapy center that Zhang Heping had previously invested in and built, as well as the center that cost 10 billion US dollars to build.

Such an intense tour was indeed a bit tiring for Mr. Zheng, who is over eighty years old, but he was full of energy and seemed to be inspired by the various high-tech innovations in Shenzhen.

However, that evening, Zhang Heping took the initiative to come over, checked the pulses of Old Zheng and Old Hua, and then left two prescriptions for Secretary Chen, asking him to bring the medicine back and boil it overnight.

Elderly people are not suited to being in a state of heightened excitement for a long time, so Zhang Heping prescribed two doses of calming decoction for them and instructed the accompanying staff not to wake up Mr. Zheng and Mr. Hua before 10 a.m. the next day.

On the eighth day, just as Zhang Heping had predicted, the two elderly people slept until after 10 a.m.

To take care of their health, the accompanying staff in Shenzhen suggested that they visit the Chinese Garden or the Botanical Garden in the afternoon to get some fresh air.

Another advantage of going there is that there are electric sightseeing cars available for rides within the park.

Unlike the factories in the Peaceful faction, where you have to measure everything on foot.

After receiving approval from Elder Zheng and Elder Hua, the group from Shenfu finally found an opportunity.

That afternoon, after the inspection team visited the China Garden, on the way back to the city, someone suggested going to the Shenzhen Smart City Management Center to see a panoramic view of Shenzhen… (End of Chapter)