Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 936 The Investigation Team Arrives in Hong Kong Island
"gold?"

When Hua Lao learned that the Peace Group was going to exchange shares of its listed companies for gold, he couldn't help but have some doubts.

Even though Secretary Chen explained on the phone that the Peace Group wanted the gold to support Zhang Heping's new research, Elder Hua still didn't fully believe it.

His first thought was Zhang Heping's idea of ​​unifying the global currency, which Director Wang had reported to him last time.

The next thought was that Zhang Heping wanted to seize control of gold from the hands of the Magnesium Country, thereby affecting the international status of the Magnesium Dollar.

Then he thought of Zhang Heping's previous plan to cancel the linked exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the magnesium dollar.

"Chairman He also said that they would exchange gold for a portion of the shares." Secretary Chen's voice interrupted Old Hua's thoughts.

Hua Lao didn't pay attention to that matter and instead asked, "What's the situation at the academy?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line, and then Secretary Chen said, "Except for the regenerative repair fluid research in the Biological Genetics Building, all other work is progressing smoothly. All the graduates of this class have left school and joined new units."

"Let's ignore the regeneration and repair fluid for now!" Old Hua frowned and said, "Before Consultant Zhang returned to Hong Kong, he left them more than 30 liters of the original solution, and they've squandered it all in less than two months!"

"If the lab didn't have surveillance records, I would have suspected they were wasting money on purpose!"

Hua Lao's tone was unfriendly, mainly because the amount of regenerative repair fluid needed to treat a disabled veteran was generally only fifty or sixty milliliters, calculated at 1 milliliter of regenerative repair fluid per kilogram of body weight.

In other words, if used sparingly, 1 liter of regenerative bacteria concentrate can treat about 20 disabled veterans, and 30 liters can treat 600, which is enough to support the treatment needs of Shenzhen Peace Hospital for seven or eight months.

Secretary Chen didn't know how to respond to that, so he asked instead, "Mr. Hua, is everything going smoothly on your end?"

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After Mr. Rong and Chairman He brought the news of exchanging gold for stocks back to the mainland, it was known to foreigners in less than a day, causing gold futures to rise significantly.

The Peace Group took a cold approach to the news, neither confirming nor denying it.

It was not until Prince Harry from the Middle East was rejected when he wanted to use gold to buy a potion that would extend his life to 120 years that a group of foreigners realized that the Peace Group's demand for gold was not as urgent as they had imagined.

As a result, foreign investors returned to normal business negotiations.

Peace Group holds 85% of the shares of Peace Smart Technology Company, and only 15% of the shares are traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

According to Hong Kong stock rules, Heping Group cannot increase its holdings of Heping Smart Technology Company shares by even 0.1%, otherwise it will have to be privatized and delisted.

Therefore, when Heping Smart Technology Company announced an increase in capital and expansion of shares, all kinds of capital understood that it was going to seek external funds.

The profitability of Heping Smart Technology Co., Ltd. is actually the lowest among the listed companies in the Heping Group, because many of its businesses are not only free but also very expensive.

But who can blame it for owning the world's most popular websites and software?

For example: World Internet Forum, Chinese System, Peace Documents, QQ, Peace Finance, Peace Navigation, etc.

Despite being such a company with the lowest profitability, its market value is as high as HK$2.3 trillion!

In terms of value, it is about 3000 billion magnesium yuan.

Although this company is not worth that much money, it is the most secure Internet company in the world and provides transaction security services to many banks.

In addition, the online shopping and online payment business that Heping Smart Technology Company is about to launch is also favored by capital.

Of course, the most popular one is actually the space-based cloud server!

This kind of self-generating and self-heating space server is expensive and difficult to maintain later, but other advantages remain to be seen.

Those foreign investors took advantage of this observation period and tried to lower the price to subscribe to the shares of Heping Smart Technology Company.

Unfortunately, Heping Group ignored them and directly allowed Heping Smart Technology Company to open free internal testing qualifications.

Then, we will open up the Tiandi Cloud server testing rights free of charge to Internet companies that were previously invested in by Heping Group, Heping Investment, and Stepmother Investment Company to promote their development.

Because Peace Group plans to raise 1000 billion yuan in 10 installments using the shares of Peace Smart Technology Company, Peace Group is not in a hurry to increase capital and expand shares. It plans to first incubate a group of Internet companies to stimulate Hong Kong stocks.

Compared with the capital increase and share expansion of Heping Smart Technology Co., Ltd., cash milk stocks such as Heping Mining, Tingmei Daily Chemical Products, and Tingmei Luggage, which were sold off, appear to be much more popular.

However, in order to stabilize their stock prices, Heping Group is not in a hurry to sell.

On May 9th, the day Hua returned to the capital, he called Zhang Heping, hoping that his advisor could accompany him back to the capital and help advise on how to handle the Haicheng real estate situation.

As Hua Lao had predicted, Zhang Heping declined, citing being too busy.

At that time, Zhang Heping was concentrating on improving his Ruomu computer maintenance skills. He was only a dozen hours away from reaching the realm of perfection, so how could he be disturbed by other things?

Over the years, he hasn't been on the phone so seriously for a long time because of all kinds of trivial matters that have disturbed him.

Looking back, the time when he was so serious about hanging up the computer was when he was studying and lived in the library.

As his three skills of Ruomu brain-computer principle, brain wave converter maintenance and Ruomu brain-computer maintenance have reached perfection, Zhang Heping has become more confident in making the first generation of brain-computer and converting brain waves into mental power.

Next is the dream construction skill, which is the application of mental power, or should be called creating illusions that affect others!
It's a pity that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop!

Old Hua still didn't let him off the hook. He actually brought a group of people from the land, tax, and banking sectors, as well as several economics experts, to the Peace Hotel on Hong Kong Island for a lavish meal.

Although Zhang Heping knew they were in a hurry to deal with the real estate bubble in Haicheng and wouldn't stay in Hong Kong for long, he didn't waste time with them, considering that it was Hua Lao who had led the team.

On the evening of May 12th, the day Mr. Hua and his group arrived in Hong Kong, Zhang Heping had his concubine, Chen Shuting, arrange a buffet dinner at the Peace Hotel. He stopped using his phone at night and took some time to go over.

Because it was a real estate issue in Liaohai City, Zhang Heping also called Chairman He, Chairman Guo and several Hong Kong businessmen who had invested in real estate there to inform them in advance.

After arriving at the restaurant, Zhang Heping and his group were welcomed with sparse applause. It was not known whether it was because they had food and drinks or because they were worried about the problems in Haicheng.

Zhang Heping led his men, following behind Elder Hua, and introduced themselves to the members of the inspection team.

Then, Zhang Heping went straight to the point.

"I'm busy with a project lately, so I won't bother with the formalities. Just listen to me while you eat. If you have any questions, just raise your hand and ask."

Zhang Heping said so, but once he started talking, who would have the nerve to eat?

The food and drinks are right there, so it doesn’t matter if you eat them later, you won’t run away anyway.

"When Heping Real Estate was registered in Haicheng in 1988, there were less than 100 real estate companies on the entire island. Now there are more than 20,000."

"How many people does Haicheng have?" Zhang Heping answered without waiting for their reply, "Over 400,000!" "Such a small population can't possibly support more than 20,000 real estate companies! So Haicheng's housing market, Haicheng's high housing prices, have a problem, and a big problem at that!"

"That's the main reason you came here today. You also want to see the development of Hong Kong Island's real estate and the relevant laws and regulations. And by the way, I want to hear what I, a troublemaker who once stirred up trouble in the real estate market in Tokyo, think about the real estate issues in Haicheng."

As soon as the "trouble stirrer" appeared, everyone present couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Chairman Guo, standing next to the podium, shouted to Zhang Heping on the stage, "Mr. Zhang, please don't make fun of yourself. If you were a stick, we wouldn't even be toothpicks."

Zhang Heping glanced at Chairman Guo with a smile, then continued, holding the microphone. "With over 20,000 real estate companies, there are bound to be a mix of good and bad. This primarily reflects a host of management issues."

"Who approved the establishment of so many real estate companies? Has the qualifications of the relevant real estate companies been reviewed? Has the subsequent operations of these companies been supervised?"

"I think the loopholes in supervision need to be plugged first. We can find some reference in the real estate laws and regulations and related policies of Hong Kong and Japan."

"Advisor Zhang!" A middle-aged man in a short-sleeved white shirt, holding a glass of juice in his left hand, raised his right hand. After Zhang Heping looked at him, he asked loudly, "Excuse me, have you collected any information on this subject? Can we borrow some tonight?"

The Zhang family started their business in real estate, and later went to Tokyo to speculate in real estate. How could they not have information in this regard?

The man asked this question because he was not familiar with Hong Kong Island and wanted to save some time.

"It's right next to the library!" Zhang Heping stretched out his left hand and pointed casually outside the window. There was a Heping Hospital across the way and that was the library of Heping College.

Seeing no one asked any questions, Zhang Heping continued, "The second issue is land and housing prices."

"I believe most people here know what the land and housing prices were in Haicheng in 88, and what they are now, so I won't elaborate."

"This issue may seem like a market economy issue, but in fact, in my opinion, it's still a management issue. It's just that the management level and the managed objects are different from the previous management issue."

A fat old man in his fifties wearing a white shirt raised his hand and asked, "Advisor Zhang, are you trying to tell me that the higher-ups are dealing with Haicheng..."

Zhang Heping waved his hand at him, suppressing his next words. "You can discuss these issues slowly after you return."

"Finally, let's talk about the key issue: money!" Zhang Heping took the teacup handed to him by his concubine Chen Shuting, took a sip, and then continued, "Where does the money for those real estate companies come from?"

“Where does the money of those real estate speculators come from?”

"After Japan's real estate bubble burst, what happened to the Ministry of Finance, which had previously raised interest rates five times?"

"The Japanese Ministry of Finance raised interest rates, and all the foreign investors speculating in real estate fled, leaving behind a mess."

"Then, the Ministry of Finance cut interest rates again, hoping to stabilize the stock market, the property market, and banks that were saddled with a mountain of bad debts. They also hoped that lower interest rates would once again attract foreign investment to Japan."

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That night, Zhang Heping spent a lot of time talking at the Peace Hotel, just hoping that they wouldn't come too aggressively and affect the real estate development in other cities, which would be bad!

"I think what Consultant Zhang said, 'Houses are for living, not for speculation,' is so insightful!"

"After purchasing a house, the restriction on selling it for two years should reduce the enthusiasm of real estate speculators. If it is extended to five years, would it greatly eliminate real estate speculation?"

"The key isn't the age limit, but the clause that 'house transaction agreements not filed with the Housing Authority are legally binding.' With this restriction, speculators have to worry about signing private agreements. If house prices rise and the original owner changes his mind and decides not to sell, they won't even be able to win a lawsuit!"

"There are also issues with multiple loans and multiple sales for one property, which we hadn't considered before!"

A group of people noisily escorted Zhang Heping out of the hotel lobby, waved goodbye, and watched him get into the car and leave.

"Everyone, work overtime tonight to organize the meeting minutes and collect relevant information. We'll try to finish it tomorrow morning and then go explore Hong Kong Island in the afternoon."

When Mr. Hua said this, the people around him who had been somewhat silent suddenly became overjoyed when they heard that they could go out shopping.

"Mr. Hua, could we go to the nearby Peace Hospital tomorrow afternoon?" A middle-aged man in his forties said with a smile, "I heard that the trial of the Life 120 drug has been moved to the cosmetic surgery department here."

"You can't watch!" Secretary Chen explained nearby, "Before, there were too many people watching the excitement, so they later stipulated that non-hospitalized patients, their families, and invited guests were not allowed to approach the inpatient department."

The middle-aged man was obviously disappointed, but the next second he asked Secretary Chen how to apply for the 120-year longevity potion, saying that he had an elderly mother at home.

The next morning, the special mission team in Hong Kong went downstairs to call the members of the inspection team to have breakfast, only to find them slumped over the conference table, obviously having stayed up all night.

Because the inspection team completed its mission ahead of schedule, Hua Lao asked Zhang Pandi to take the rest of the inspection team out for a stroll, while he took Secretary Chen and two trusted confidants to Victoria Peak to check the data compiled by Zhang Heping the night before and to ask some questions that he couldn't ask in public the night before.

For example, can Huifeng acquire Haicheng Bank and take over a pile of bad debts?

Or, can Heping Real Estate take over those unfinished properties and prevent them from being left unfinished?

Zhang Heping was not interested in these things, so Chen Shuting and Tang Xin were talking the whole time, while Zhang Heping was still hanging up on Pingba.

It wasn't until noon that Mr. Hua saw Zhang Heping packing up his documents and going back to his room.

“He’s been like this for the past two months, saying he’s researching some kind of virtual game.” Tang Ming, sitting under another parasol, said this to the four people sitting next to him, including Elder Hua and Secretary Chen, and then invited them to walk towards the Zhang family’s house together.

Chen Shuting noticed that Mr. Hua was still there after finishing his business, so she offered to stay for dinner.

Zhang Heping went upstairs to put the information away, then came down and invited everyone to take their seats in the restaurant.

"Peace!" Old Hua approached Zhang Heping and asked slowly, "I heard your new project needs a lot of gold. How much exactly?"

“We don’t need much right now!” Zhang Heping gestured for Hua Lao to walk toward the restaurant, saying casually, “If there’s any extra, we can stockpile it. If not, there’s no rush. Just don’t send the gold to the United States.”

After pondering his words for a moment, Mr. Hua asked, "Then do you think we should acquire some overseas gold mines?"

“Sure!” Zhang Heping smiled and pulled out a chair for Elder Hua to sit down. He then said with a smile, “Gold is a precious metal with limited reserves and a wide range of uses. You won’t lose money by hoarding it.”

Although the old man and the young man did not mention the fact that the domestic group would exchange gold for shares of Heping-related listed companies, they roughly determined the exchange time and number of shares in just two or three sentences, that is, there was no time limit and they would accept any amount.

Seeing that Elder Hua was lost in thought, Secretary Chen asked, "Advisor Zhang, Shaanxi Aircraft Industry Group would like you to conduct another evaluation of their aircraft. When would you be available?"

"Not right now. We'll see how things go next month," Zhang Heping casually replied. "How's their investigation into the thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plant going?"

"We've inspected all 11 nuclear power plants in Guangdong Province, and found no material problems like the one at the Japan-Mercedes nuclear power plant." Secretary Chen said with a smile.

"Vice President Qian even went over and scolded them midway through, saying that these nuclear power plants were all inspected and approved by you, and they weren't shoddy projects like the ones at Japan-Magnesium."

Zhang Heping smiled and nodded, then reminded, "The launch plan for the Tiangong space station needs to be accelerated, and the Shouyuan space capsule needs to be re-launched. Future biochemical experiments should still be carried out in the Shouyuan space capsule to avoid casualties."

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(End of this chapter)