Break out of the courtyard

After Zhang Heping pulled his eldest son out of the house, he was thinking about the child's education.

Zhang Heping sat on the grass next to the villa and asked his eldest son Zhang Bei, "Why are you fighting with your sister?"

"Sister snatched my toy!" Zhang Bei said unconvinced.

"Where's your New Year's money? Go get it and I'll take you to buy toys. Let's see how many toys my sister can grab."

When the little guy heard that he was going to buy toys for him, he hurried back upstairs and brought down a small black suitcase.

Zhang Heping asked his eldest son Zhang Bei to open the suitcase, took one from a pile of thousand-yuan bills, and asked him to put the suitcase back.

Then after greeting his wife Tang Xin, Zhang Heping took his eldest son Zhang Bei and asked the driver to drive to Nathan Road.

Not long after, the two father and son came back, followed by a minivan.

Then, Zhang Heping asked the bodyguards to dump more than a dozen bags of toys in the car on the grass next to the villa.

It was still on the grass just now. Zhang Heping sat in his previous seat and asked his eldest son Zhang Bei: "Are these many toys?"

Zhang Bei nodded excitedly, "A lot!"

"How many more of those thousand-dollar bills do you have?"

"71 pictures."

"In other words, you can still buy 71 piles of toys." Zhang Heping said seriously: "But you just hit your sister because of a small toy. Think about it here, why am I angry? Hit your palm?"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Heping returned to the villa and gave his wife Tang Xin a look at the door of the villa. It's time to get angry!

After a while, Zhang Bei, with the encouragement of his mother Tang Xin, first went to apologize to his sister Zhang Nan, and then went to his father Zhang Heping to admit his mistake.

At lunch, a pot of mutton soup was served, and Aunt Li took the remaining half pot of mutton soup to the bodyguard, driver, and nanny.

In the afternoon, Zhang Heping went out and bought a bunch of wood, rope, and some carpentry tools, and then built slides, seesaws, rocking horses, trampolines and other items in the yard.

A few days later, on the second birthday of the fourth daughter Zhang Feng, her uncle Tang Ren and his family came over for lunch.

At the dinner table, Tang Xin took the initiative to ask about weight loss pills and wanted Zhang Heping to give some business advice, but Tang Ren just made a few perfunctory remarks and did not give Zhang Heping a chance to speak.

The main thing is that Zhang Heping doesn't want to talk about it; this uncle is older than his father, and he is at the age when he is most subjective and controlling, and he will be annoying if he talks too much.

On the contrary, a group of little kids from my uncle's family were having a great time playing with Zhang Bei and Zhang Nan in the small playground in the yard.

On the afternoon of December 12, Zhang Heping was watching TV news.

Just at this moment, a saleswoman selling Japanese color TVs came outside the courtyard; before the bodyguard drove her away, Zhang Heping asked Aunt Li to call her in.

In the lobby on the first floor of the villa, Zhang Heping sat on the sofa, took the leaflet handed by the female salesperson, and asked casually: "There are no color programs in Hong Kong Island, so why are you selling color TVs?"

The saleswoman stood on the side and said respectfully: "Sir, our Rishima Sanyang Company presented three sets of color cameras newly developed by Rishima Suo Mu Company to Hong Kong Island Wireless Television Station, using 0.75-inch cassette tapes. , this portable camera and tape will greatly change the way Hong Kong Island TV programs are recorded, and Hong Kong Island will soon have color programs."

"Color TV, video camera, tape, player, a complete set of the latest models will be sent over."

As soon as Zhang Heping finished speaking, the saleswoman bowed excitedly and ran out.

In less than half a minute, the saleswoman entered the villa carrying a carton of tapes and a player, followed by a man in gray work clothes holding a carton of a TV.

While the man in work clothes was unpacking the TV carton, the female salesperson was apologizing, "Sir, I'm sorry, we didn't bring the Suoni Company's camera. The player and tape are just demonstration machines. Please let me use your home phone." I’ll ask my colleagues to send you new ones!”

Zhang Heping nodded, and then asked in confusion: "Why is this TV screen so small? Is there a bigger one?"

"Sir, this is a 19-inch color TV from our Hishima Sanyang Company. There is also a 21-inch color TV that has just been developed, but has not been mass-produced. There will be new models with larger screens in the future. I will send them to you again. Do you think it’s okay?”

"Ok!"

Seeing that Zhang Heping had no doubts, the saleswoman immediately dialed the phone and spoke a few words to the other end of the phone in Japanese. The main idea was to buy a new camera, tape, and player quickly and send them to No. 8 Kowloon Tong.

Tang Xin, who heard the noise upstairs, walked down with her eldest son Zhang Bei and second daughter Zhang Nan, sat on the sofa and watched the pictures of the city of Japan on the color TV.

The waiter in work clothes changed six tapes and played them. About an hour later, the female salesperson was called out by the bodyguard, and then she and the bodyguard each came in with a cardboard box.

1 3/4 video camera, matching storage battery, 0.75 matching 10-inch blank tapes, 1 player of the corresponding model, and 5 video tapes that the man in work clothes has not finished playing, plus 1 19-inch The Sanyang brand color TV set costs a total of 16800 yuan.

By the way, this color TV only costs 1600 yuan...

Zhang Heping tried out the somewhat heavy camera, then sat on the sofa and fell into deep thought.

At this time, the Japanese island had already sold color TV sets all over the world, but in China...it had to wait until the 80s to popularize black and white TVs, and wait until the 90s to popularize color TVs. This huge gap made Zhang Heping very uncomfortable.

In his previous life, he was born in the 80s and lived in ignorance for 20 years. By the time he became sensible, the country had made great strides and was not so backward.

Although he has long known that domestic technology is backward, there is still a huge psychological gap.

In addition, the return of the eastern islands caused by the Stars and Stripes Alliance made Zhang Heping very unhappy. He was depressed and wanted to do something to the Japanese islands...

January 1972, 1, Saturday, New Year's Day.

On Zhang Heping's 22nd birthday, his wife Tang Xin set up dozens of tables in the hotel and invited the eldest brother and second brother's family, as well as the group of charter wives and their families.

When the banquet was over, a young girl was at the door of the hotel handing out business cards to people in the hotel, and Zhang Heping also got one.

Yongsheng Stock Company (Member of Far East Exchange)

Stock Broker: Chen Shuting

Phone: 5-236921

Room 403, China Plaza, Red Queen Avenue

On the business card with black characters on a white background, there is also a line of handwritten words: Commission 7% per thousand.

"Here you are..." Zhang Heping looked at the business card, hesitated, and asked, "Can I buy shares of Sir Zhou's milk company?"

The girl who handed out the business card was about to give it to another person. When she heard Zhang Heping's inquiry, she immediately stood back and said in anticipation: "Yes!"

Tang Xin, who was walking next to Zhang Heping, took a look at the little girl's pretty face, and took her child and nanny to the car first.

Zhang Heping didn't notice the strange expression on his wife Tang Xin's face and continued to ask: "What's the current price of the milk company?"

“昨日1971年12月31日收盘价36块，比开盘价跌了2块，未来一个月还有下跌风险。”

"Oh! I remember him so clearly, he's quite professional!" Zhang Heping glanced at the other person in surprise. He had short hair, light makeup, bright eyes, and was very energetic. He was about eighteen or nineteen years old.

The little girl was a little embarrassed to be stared at by Zhang Heping, and her face turned red. "After the market closes every day, the boss requires us to memorize these data."

"Chen Shuting!" Zhang Heping looked at the business card, read the other person's name, and faced the other person's hopeful eyes, Zhang Heping said:

"I can open an account with you and give you a 1% commission. But, I want you..."