Break out of the courtyard

After lunch, Mr. Hua and Director Wang did not rush to leave. Instead, Zhang Pandi went down the mountain first to attend to her own business.

After hearing her eldest sister relay Chang Sheng's words, Zhang Pandi has been thinking a lot about her children's future development.

The eldest son, Zhang Yi, is a lecturer at Capital University of Technology. He has just obtained the title of associate professor and does not have an administrative position.

The second daughter, Zhang Ting, works at the Capital Daily. She has just been promoted from assistant editor to layout editor and also does not hold an administrative position.

As her brother-in-law Chang Sheng said, no matter how high the official positions the two sisters rose to in the following years, it could not cover up the problem of having no successors.

If people of Chang Wen and Zhang Yi's generation don't enter the system, the network of connections that Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi are building now won't be of much help to the younger generation.

Zhang Pandi had discussed this matter with her third brother, Zhang Heping, but Zhang Heping told her to promote Zhang Yi and Zhang Ting if they could, and not to force them.

Considering Zhang Heping's recent avoidance of Shenzhen, Zhang Pandi suppressed her resentment and decided to wait until her third brother finished his feud with certain people on the mainland.

Mr. Hua and Director Wang arrived at the flat area outside the villa and chose to sit on the plastic chair under the sunshade at the very edge of the middle.

Because their conversation with the head of Yanqun was previously monitored, both Mr. Hua and Director Wang were careful in their conversations and did not discuss anything related to brain-computer interfaces.

The reason they stayed here was mainly because Hua Lao was using his mobile phone to communicate with people in the capital about Zhang Heping's fourth-generation brain-computer interface and the first-generation virtual dream game that Hua Lao had personally experienced.

"The capital wants to send an expert team to conduct an assessment. What do you think?" Old Hua frowned, put down his phone, and looked at Director Wang beside him.

“Peace probably won’t waste time meeting them!” Director Wang stated his conclusion first, then added with a hint of dissatisfaction, “Do they not trust your and my judgment, or do they want to take this opportunity to investigate Peace’s laboratory?”

"Are their intentions so obvious?" Old Hua chuckled and shook his head, then picked up his phone again to send a text message, rejecting the expert group's suggestion to come to Zhangjia for an assessment.

Director Wang Sumei sighed inwardly. When Zhang Heping had previously opened up the sharing of technology, some people insisted on bringing up the Heping Group, labeling Zhang Heping as a capitalist, and believing that if Zhang Heping did not want to be suppressed by Europe and the United States, he could only rely on the protection of the mainland.

Therefore, Zhang Heping's application for relevant permissions to the Sanxingdui underground base was repeatedly rejected.

Now that's great! Zhang Heping proposed an equal exchange, no longer providing technical support free of charge, and everyone was "happy"!

In fact, Zhang Heping had already shown his resistance before proposing an equal exchange.

Initially, Zhang Heping refused to respond to technical consultation letters from various factories and units in mainland China.

He then refused cooperation with the Ministry of Nuclear Industry and the Aerospace Group. Now that he has returned to Hong Kong Island, he has even abandoned projects such as the Shenzhen Peace Academy and the Dapeng Peninsula project.

While his dedication to brain-computer interface research was partly due to this, Wang Sumei knew him well enough that Zhang Heping could handle project issues in Shenzhen without leaving his home by simply taking a few time to hold a few video conferences.

"They asked if Zhang Long and Zhang Hu could bring the new brain-computer interface and frog-brain server back to Shenzhen." Looking at the text message on his phone, Old Hua shook his head and sighed.
"These people want to get the technology for free, and they completely ignored my emphasis on the four words 'equal exchange'!"

Director Wang was also quite helpless. "Looking at Xiao Bei and Xiao Nan lining up to play games, let alone bringing the Brain Machine and Frog Brain over there, Xiao Long and Xiao Hu probably wouldn't even want to leave the house."

“It’s not clear how I explain this by typing. I’m going to Heping’s study to have a video conference with them!” After saying this, Old Hua stood up and said to Director Wang, who also stood up, “I need to go to Heping’s study to have a video conference with them!”
“Go to the basement and listen to their discussion. I always feel that what attracts them is not the game.”

"Hmm!" Director Wang responded softly, and after entering the villa, he and Elder Hua went their separate ways.

……

The capital city, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.

Zhang Zhaodi knocked on the door of the office of the Director of the Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Department. After seeing the middle-aged man behind the desk put down his newspaper, she smiled and asked from the doorway, "Director, you wanted to see me?"

"Director Zhang, come and sit down!" The male director, who was in his forties, stood up, gestured to the sofa next to him, and then went to the cabinet to find a box of tea. "This is Tieguanyin that I borrowed from Old Lin at the tax office this morning, hehe!"

These words made Zhang Zhaodi pause, standing there stunned for a few seconds.

Because just last night, she had asked an intermediary to take her to visit the old Lin family that the director had mentioned.

Although she gave me Pu'er tea last night, that doesn't matter anymore. This director probably knows that she wants to be transferred to the tax department.

"Come and sit down, I have two boxes of imported biscuits here, take one back to your Hong Kong and Macao department later!" the male director said, already picking up the kettle and coming to the coffee table. "I called you here today to hear your views on the future economic development of Hong Kong and Macao."

"With the increase in domestic ports and the upcoming opening of free trade zones in Shanghai and Huadu, many people are worried that Hong Kong Island will experience a significant economic downturn after its return to China."

"Your family has a lot of contact with Hong Kong and Macau. What's your opinion on that?"

Zhang Zhaodi quickly adjusted her mindset. Since things had already been exposed, there was nothing to dwell on. She hadn't betrayed anyone; she just wanted to seek better opportunities.

To put it simply, as long as she remains within the system, the other party won't make things too ugly. After all, once she leaves, this director will have gained another connection in the tax department.

"Excuse me, Director, I was just lost in thought!" Zhang Zhaodi walked to the sofa and placed one of the two cups of tea that the other person hadn't had time to separate in the middle of the coffee table, while taking the other cup to the side in front of the sofa where she was about to sit.

"These are cookies from Holland Island, please have a seat!" The male director, who looked about the same age as Zhang Zhaodi, sat down in the middle of the three-seater sofa, placed the round tin of cookies in Zhang Zhaodi's direction, and then continued:

"The European Economic Area will be officially established on New Year's Day next year!"

"The European division has purchased a lot of products from there for research, hoping to help domestic products be exported to Europe."

"These two boxes of cookies were sent by the European department, but we can't just eat them for free. We need to give them feedback on the taste, what's good about them, and what's the downside?"

As soon as Zhang Zhaodi sat down, she leaned forward slightly, held up the cookie box, and said with a smile, "I'll take it back to the office for them to eat first. After they've finished, I'll ask them for their feedback!"

Before the other party could ask further questions, Zhang Zhaodi continued, "The director just asked about the future economic development of Hong Kong and Macao, and also mentioned the port factor in mainland China. I suppose he thinks that the lack of export goods from mainland China flowing through Hong Kong and Macao will affect their export trade."

"This does have an impact, but Hong Kong Island has attracted many international financial companies by virtue of its low tax rate, its pioneering implementation of electronic banking transaction systems, and its later establishment of online financial transactions."

"The current booming trading scene in the Hong Kong stock market is driven by these foreign financial companies and foreign capital on the Internet."

"You mean..." The young director picked up his teacup, lifted the lid, paused, and asked, "Hong Kong is transforming into an international financial center?"

“That’s possible!” Zhang Zhaodi nodded. “However, the booming Hong Kong stock market may be just a bubble, like the Japanese stock market.”

"Whether Hong Kong Island can become an international financial center depends on the impact of this bubble bursting, and how much foreign capital will remain." "Furthermore, it depends on whether the policies in Hong Kong and Macau after their return to China are friendly to foreigners, otherwise..."

Although Zhang Zhaodi didn't finish her sentence, the young director understood her subtext: it mainly depended on whether the policy was lenient or not.

After discussing the current situation in Hong Kong and Macau with Zhang Zhaodi, the young director sent her back without mentioning anything about the tax department.

Unbeknownst to Zhang Zhaodi, after she left, the young director went to the leader's office and relayed Zhang Zhaodi's views on the Hong Kong and Macao economies.

Finally, he suggested giving Director Zhang Zhaodi more responsibilities.

Zhang Zhaodi went back, put down the cookies, closed the door, and made a phone call to the middleman from last night to ask what Old Lin from the tax office meant!
Given the Zhang family's current status, they are not only fawned upon by many, but also sought after by many.

This was the first time Zhang Zhaodi had encountered someone like Lao Lin from the tax office who went directly to Zhang Zhaodi's superior, making her wonder if her family had offended him somehow.

Less than five minutes later, the middleman called back.

"Director Zhang, don't be anxious!" the middleman said with a smile. "I didn't find out beforehand. That old Lin is your director's uncle. He only asked your director if he had offended you in any way. He didn't mention that you wanted to go to the tax office."

Hearing the explanation from the other end of the phone, Zhang Zhaodi was speechless.

Although she knew her boss had a good background, she never expected that the connections she had made over a long period of time would lead to such a close relationship with her boss.

If things go this way, it would be better for her to ask her boss to talk to that old Lin.

Whether or not she mentioned wanting to go to the tax office is no longer important!
While Zhang Zhaodi actively sought connections to transfer her daughter, her eldest daughter Chang Wen received a direct transfer document from the People's Bank of China, which transferred Chang Wen from the Bank of China to the People's Bank of China.

In addition, the second son, Chang Le, was also seconded by the aerospace group to the Northwest to support the space station project there.

Chang Le originally didn't want to go, but after hearing that his female colleague Xu Yiqiu had also been seconded, he agreed to go.

Someone wanted to transfer Chang Xing on loan, but Director Li of the Tobacco Bureau sternly refused and refused to release him no matter what.

joke!

Director Li had finally managed to marry his niece Tan Ying off to the family, and it was the perfect time to further strengthen their relationship. How could he let that kid Chang Xing get away with it!
He had heard that his sister-in-law's family was going to spend the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong with the Zhang family!
If it weren't for the recent policy that strictly prohibits any form of overseas travel or disguised travel funded by public funds, he probably would have taken his family with him.

Another example is Chang Qing, who graduated in June this year and was assigned to the Capital Railway Station. He is currently rotating through different positions as a dispatcher and also received a job transfer notice on this day.

When Zhang Zhaodi returned home that evening and heard about her children's job transfers, she couldn't help but feel more apprehensive.

"Auntie!" Zhang Yi said, frowning as he held a bowl of dumplings, "Someone from the Education Bureau came to temporarily transfer me over today, but I didn't agree!"

Is there something we don't know about behind this?

"Otherwise, why would they switch our jobs so drastically in one day?"

Zhang Ting chimed in from the side: "Although I didn't encounter any temporary transfer issues today, our editor-in-chief suddenly called me in for a talk this afternoon, saying that the future belongs to us young people and that I should do a good job!"

Zhang Zhaodi frowned, put down her chopsticks, picked up the phone, thought for a moment, and then called her second sister, Zhang Pandi, first.

……

After having dinner at Zhang's house, Mr. Hua and Director Wang chatted briefly with Zhang Heping before taking a car down the mountain to the Heping Hotel.

The transfers of Chang Wen and Chang Le were preemptive measures taken by Hua Lao after discussing them in a video conference with the capital, with the aim of winning over and stabilizing the next generation of the Zhang family.

The reason for this move was that Hua Lao saw that Zhang Bei, Zhang Nan, and Zhang Nian were too interested in playing games in line, and was worried that it would attract Chang Wen, Zhang Yi, and the others to Hong Kong Island.

Hua Lao was not only worried about Zhang Heping immigrating abroad, but also about Zhang Bing and Ma Xiuzhen following him!

If that were to happen, we would truly lose Zhang Heping!

After returning to the Peace Hotel, Hua first went to the office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Commissioner's Office and greeted the people who were still working overtime.

Then, under Zhang Pandi's strange gaze, Hua returned to his room, leaving the guard Xiao Qin to watch the door. He then made another video call with the people in the capital to discuss the operations for the next few days.

Hong Kong Island, Victoria Peak.

After seeing off Elder Hua and Director Wang, Zhang Heping took his family out for a walk to digest their food.

Hua Lao originally wanted to go for a walk as well, but there were many things that hadn't been discussed and agreed upon in the capital. Even if he went for a walk, there was nothing he could promise Zhang Heping, so he simply didn't go.

Although Zhang Heping was preoccupied with his research in the laboratory, his children had been playing virtual reality games all day, and he needed to let them get out and about so they wouldn't confuse the virtual world with reality.

"Dad!" Zhang Bei stepped forward and walked alongside his father, Zhang Heping, while repeatedly pounding his head with his right hand. "I think I'm experiencing side effects from using the virtual reality game headset. My head feels a bit throbbing!"

"Put on your glasses and extend your mental energy towards the sky!" Zhang Heping said in a deep voice. "Extend it to the point where you feel a little tired, then retract it, forming a loop. Repeat this several times!"

"I also have a bit of a headache. I thought I had caught a cold!" Zhang Hu interjected. "Dad, should we also extend our spiritual power to the sky?"

“Hmm!” Zhang Heping nodded and said, “The Frog Brain has gathered the brainwaves of several of you, and it is no longer as pure as it was at the beginning, so you need to purify your own brainwaves.”

Zhang Feng asked in confusion, "Dad, if the brainwaves we receive are not pure, how come we don't detect the information brought by other brainwaves?"

“Impure does not mean chaotic.” Zhang Heping patiently explained, “The Frog Brain is a server that collects your brainwaves, incorporates them into its dreams, and then converts them into mental energy to feed back to you.”

"Because of the transformation of the frog's brain, the information transmitted to you is not chaotic information."

"However, the frog's brain also has a memory function. Your frequent and prolonged entry into the frog's brain's dreams has unknowingly affected it as well."

"However, the sizes you conjured were too small, so they had little effect on it, and therefore no obvious changes occurred in the dream, nor did you notice the subtle changes." (End of Chapter)