Break out of the courtyard

Chang Xing couldn't stand the geological bureau's field exploration work, so without consulting his family, he accepted help from strangers and was transferred to the Tobacco Bureau's Logistics Department, where he became a small deputy section chief.

How could a stranger be so kind as to help him? He simply wanted to contact Zhang Heping through him and obtain the 120-year lifespan potion.

However, not only did Zhang Heping look down on a deputy section chief, he even looked down on units like the Tobacco Bureau that had little administrative power.

Therefore, I would give a special reminder to Changsheng.

After all, Changsheng and Changxing were the only two people in the family who were short-sighted and owed favors to outsiders.

This was also the reason why Chang Sheng looked unnatural. Fortunately, Ma Xiuzhen and Zhang Bing had not returned yet. They asked Chang Sheng about the situation at home in the capital, which diverted Chang Sheng's attention.

After leaving Villa No. 1, Du Yong drove to the Peace Hotel and met his youngest son and two grandsons in the lobby.

Du Yong's youngest son stepped forward to support his father and asked anxiously, "Dad, what did Consultant Zhang say?"

"It's not convenient to talk here, let's go to the room first." Du Yong's face was still full of confusion.

Du Yong's youngest son held onto Old Du, while his eldest grandson leaned in and whispered, "Grandpa, even after seeing our letter of introduction, the Peace Hotel still wants to pay. Should we ask Grandpa Hui for help?"

"I can't go to Elder Hua's place, lest outsiders think I'm using his connections!" Old man Du Yong frowned and thought for a moment, then asked, "What are the fees here?"

"The cheapest single room is 100 yuan, and a double room is 120 yuan!" Du Yong's eldest grandson said, subconsciously looking towards the front desk in the hall, where several graceful girls in uniform were standing.

This price is indeed a bit expensive for the Du family, because Du Yong's monthly pension is just over 120 yuan, thanks to several pension increases in recent years.

However, this price is nothing to the employees of Peace Group or the group of Hong Kong businessmen.

Besides, the purpose of Shenzhen Peace Hotel charging admission is to prevent people like Du Yong from staying here for a long time.

"Open two double rooms!" Du Yong thought that he had to give Zhang Heping an answer tomorrow morning, so he didn't waste time going out.

In addition, after going out, he would have to face the guard at the guard post at the intersection of the college. Du Yong didn't want to bother Zhang Heping again for more than 200 yuan, so as not to arouse dislike.

After Du Yong’s eldest grandson got the money and other people’s ID cards, he immediately ran to the front desk to check in.

Unfortunately, this guy had the intention but not the courage to pick up girls. After getting the room card in a very formal manner, he went upstairs with Du Yong and the others without saying a word.

In standard room 516, Du Yong told his youngest son and two grandsons about his recent meeting with Consultant Zhang.

Then, the words of these three guys made Du Yong even more confused.

"I think Grandpa can sign that agreement, because what Old Lady Zheng used was the Longevity 120 potion, which means it's fine. If the Longevity 200 potion comes out in the future and has the same severe side effects as the Longevity 100 potion, then Grandpa's wait would have been in vain."

"From what Grandpa said, after choosing that prepayment card, even if Grandpa changes his mind and wants to use the 120-year longevity potion, he'll still have to queue. In other words, if he wants to use the 200-year longevity potion in the future, he'll have to queue too?"

"Consultant Zhang has issued a lot of advance payment cards. If the Lifespan 200 drug cannot be mass-produced, we don't know how long the waiting list will be. However, using the Lifespan 200 drug may allow one to live 80 years longer than using the Lifespan 120 drug. Choosing the advance payment card is definitely the most cost-effective option, after all, even Elder Hua hasn't used the drug yet."

"Grandpa, if we continue to help Chang Sheng, can we still get the longevity potion?"

……

The next morning, Du Yong finally made a decision.

In fact, when Du Yong and Chang Sheng appeared at the intersection of the college, Zhang Heping had predicted that this scheming guy would choose the 120-year lifespan potion because he was too anxious!

Just a job transfer or a promotion, and he would come impatiently to ask for a favor.

In other words, Zhang Heping needs to convey a message to the outside world through him, so that the people who help him, the Zhang family, can also obtain the longevity potion!
After Du Yong signed the drug trial agreement, Zhang Heping asked him to find a way to go to the cosmetic department of Hong Kong Peace Hospital within 3 days.

Once the matter was settled, my brother-in-law Chang Sheng flew back to the capital.

After learning that Du Yong was applying for a passport in preparation for medical treatment in Hong Kong, Mr. Hua guessed some of the inside story.

However, Hua Lao did not get involved in the matter. He simply showed Zhang Heping the initial list of injections for the Lifespan 120 drug and suggested that a batch be injected each month.

As Hua Lao and Zheng Lao Tai discussed, as long as they persisted in injecting a batch every month, starting from the 8th month, the amount of blood available for manufacturing the Lifespan 120 potion would double; after the 14th month, the number of blood donors would double again.

If this accumulation continues, the 120-year lifespan potion will be close to mass production.

The question is whether Zhang Heping can find time to produce it when faced with so much blood.

Zhang Heping is not worried about this. He just needs to build a fully automatic production line when the time comes.

“Peace, there’s one more thing.” Old Hua put away the list with loose pages tucked inside and frowned as he said, “Some people have suggested that, for the sake of fairness, we should publish the list of those injected with the Life-Extending 120 drug in each batch.”

"Anyone who feels it's unfair doesn't have to use the Longevity Potion!" Zhang Heping sneered, "It's good enough that they don't charge them. They're trying to negotiate terms with me, as if I'm begging them to use the medicine."

Old Hua sensed something was off about Zhang Heping's tone, so he didn't say anything more. He guessed that Zhang Heping's attitude was probably because he knew that his two older sisters had been temporarily transferred to the foreign affairs negotiation team.

The two sisters of the Zhang family were transferred to the team. One reason was to let them convey the details of the negotiation to Zhang Heping, the second was to test Zhang Heping's attitude, and the third was to persuade him at the right opportunity.

After all, stabilizing and developing the domestic economy is the top priority at the moment.

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Capital, banker.

After hearing what Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi had said, Old Lady Yang frowned and asked, "Did you call Heping about this?"

"I said it!" Zhang Pandi frowned and said, "My brother asked us to put ourselves in their shoes first. Putting aside the Zhang family's identity, are we willing to see this conflict escalate?"

"Without conflict, there is no politics; without compromise, politics can only end in violent conflict!" Old Lady Yang said in a deep voice:

"These days, the news has been reporting on the inspection team's observations in the south, as well as Mr. Zheng's remarks."

"To sum it up, there's only one sentence: stable and developing the economy!"

Zhang Zhaodi said indignantly, "Then my brother's blood was shed in vain!"

Zhang Pandi also chimed in, "For the sake of a WTO membership, the higher-ups want my brother to accept 5 million magnesium dollars in compensation from Japan Magnesium. Putting aside whether my brother cares about this small amount of money, their current actions are truly disheartening!"

"Hanxin?" Zhuang Lin, who had just rushed back from outside, could guess what Zhang Pandi and the others were discussing even though he only heard half of the sentence.

She slumped down on the sofa and said gloomily, "If he hadn't disclosed the space-based early warning system to the public, we could have acted as a weakling to gain sympathy from other countries and put pressure on Japan and magnesium together."

"Now other countries are questioning us, asking if we want to start a space war."

When the two sisters heard Zhuang Lin's words, the second sister Zhang Pandi could tolerate her because she had worked for Zhuang Lin before, but the eldest sister Zhang Zhaodi was already angry and could not stand it anymore. She asked:
"Does Sister Lin mean to blame my brother for building the space-based early warning system for China?" "According to you, shouldn't my brother have gone to build that system for O.M. to prevent him from being assassinated by O.M. again?"

"Speak nicely!" Old Mrs. Yang glared at her granddaughter Zhuang Lin.

Zhuang Lin changed the subject and looked at Old Lady Yang and said, "You saw it. I only said a few words, and she couldn't stand it anymore."

"If you ask me, I'd better let them settle down in their director positions for a while, lest they bring disaster upon their families one day by saying something careless!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi couldn't help but think, could it be that their superiors were going to promote them?
As an outsider, Old Lady Yang saw it more clearly. Although Zhuang Lin intended to punish Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandyi, she was more venting her dissatisfaction.

With the connections of their Zhuang family, it took Zhuang Lin 8 years to be promoted from director to deputy director. The two sisters of the Zhang family had only been in the positions of deputy director and director for two or three years when someone suggested giving them more responsibilities!

"You three siblings, I can say you grew up under my watch." Old Lady Yang ignored Zhuang Lin's thoughts and looked at Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi, saying:

"Heping is a straightforward person who speaks and acts directly."

"I still remember back in 80, when he stormed into the Navy compound and beat people up just for Xiaobei and Xiaonan."

"But people always grow up!"

Old Lady Yang said patiently, "Think about it, why hasn't the missile launched by Heping landed on Japan yet?"

"And the Peace Group's announcement? Why did it only ask Mitsui and the Special Intelligence Bureau to leave Hong Kong Island?"

"And what you just said about peace makes you think about whether the country will go to war with Japan and magnesium over this matter!"

"In fact, when Heping didn't allow us to go to Shenzhen to see him afterwards, he already thought that this matter would end in a mutual compromise."

"Otherwise, with the longevity potion he possesses and our presence to win them over, those old guys who don't want to die will stand up and support him, but he didn't do that."

"However, Heping's blood cannot be shed in vain, and we cannot let him down!"

"So, this matter falls on you two sisters."

Zhuang Lin continued, "The Magnesium government is putting all the blame on the late director of the Special Intelligence Bureau, and the Japanese government has also pushed a member of Mitsui's management to confess."

"They've now admitted their guilt and accepted punishment, and are willing to publicly apologize, but this has put us in a passive position?"

~
Despite the analysis of Old Lady Yang and the inside information revealed by Zhuang Lin, the Zhang sisters were still worried. Zhang Pandyi went to Shenzhen at public expense under the pretext of a business trip, wanting to communicate with Zhang Heping in person to avoid hurting their sibling relationship.

With Zhang Pandi's arrival in Shenzhen, the inspection team also ended its trip to Guangdong Province.

Mr. Zheng did not go to Shenzhen Heping Hospital for recuperation. The meaning of this can only be understood, not stated explicitly.

Zhang Heping didn't take this seriously. Everyone has their own aspirations and one cannot force them.

He believed that a hundred years from now, in the hearts of those who had used the longevity potion, his status would be no lower than that of Elder Hua, Elder Zheng, and others!

A hundred years is too long, Zhang Heping needs to focus on the present.

So, when Zhang Pandi came over and asked how to deal with the negotiations on the January 1th bombing, Zhang Heping remained calm.

"Japan and Mexico want the mainland to compromise and have put forward a lot of conditions." Zhang Heping looked at his second sister Zhang Pandi and said slowly, "What can the mainland offer me if I want to compromise?"

"The key point is not what I can gain, but what you and Big Sister can gain from it. Do you understand?"

Zhang Pandi sat on the sofa and nodded as if she understood something.

But Zhang Heping was afraid she still didn't understand, so he said it more bluntly, "My brother-in-law's position as deputy director was bought with a potion that adds 120 days to his life."

"Since you and Big Sister don't want to trade the longevity potion for a promotion, then I'll use my compromise to allow you and Big Sister to move closer to the center of power."

"My elder sister and I feel sorry for you!" Zhang Pandi said somewhat dejectedly, "You brought so much capital and technology to the country, and in the end..."

Zhang Heping waved his right hand, interrupting Zhang Pandi's words, "Second sister, you are 44 years old and still a director. You can't think so superficially!"

"I'm investing in the country and teaching them technology, all with a view to the future."

“Just because you don’t see any effect now doesn’t mean there won’t be any effect in the future.”

The two siblings talked for a long time in the living room until dinner time.

Through face-to-face communication, Zhang Pandi realized how much Zhang Heping valued power.

For this reason, Zhang Pandi's mentality has quietly changed and she has begun to feel dissatisfied with the status quo.

After dinner, when the Zhang family went out for a walk to digest the food, Zhang Pandi, with her mother Ma Xiuzhen, took the initiative to find the childless old lady Zheng.

It was also on this night that the mainland determined the explosion point of the electromagnetic pulse bomb in the Pacific Ocean.

The reason why it was not the landing point of the missile was because the military aerospace force planned to conduct a laser combat interception on the remaining part of the missile after discarding the warhead to confirm that the space-based early warning system could intercept a supersonic missile of Mach 12.

As for the electromagnetic pulse bomb, some people in China have long wanted to test it to see if its destructive radius is really 1 kilometers.

As soon as this news came out, many foreign ships that did not believe in it sailed to the explosion range of the electromagnetic pulse bomb east of Taiwan Island, wanting to feed the tiger with their own bodies and feel the power of the electromagnetic pulse bomb.

At the same time, domestic ships were also sent there to deploy test equipment.

The next afternoon, Zhang Pandi, who did not rush back to the capital, followed Zhang Heping and others to Heping Aerospace to observe the operations of the military aerospace forces.

Mr. Qian brought a group of people to redesign the trajectory of the Peace Missile, hoping to break through the existing space-based early warning system.

On the other side, the young soldiers are ready, waiting for the order to activate the laser calibration devices that operate at low power for a long time, also known as laser weapons.

As the Peace missile circled the earth 99 times and flew back over Asia, the warhead equipped with the electromagnetic pulse bomb separated and flew towards the Pacific Ocean with flames.

In the space that ordinary people cannot see, invisible lasers accurately shot at the Mach 12 supersonic missile, starting the offensive and defensive battle.

As the electromagnetic pulse bomb exploded in the Pacific Ocean as planned, not only did the ships that were participating in the event suffer electronic failures, but several spy satellites passing through the area also lost contact.

The power of the electromagnetic pulse bomb has been proven, but whether the space-based early warning system intercepted the Mach 12 supersonic missile remains unknown to foreigners… (End of Chapter)