Break out of the courtyard

"Don't sit here stupidly, hurry back to the booth and give away the gifts!"

Zhang Heping did not see Chen Shuting following him, so he left the negotiation room without leaving a word.

Then, I saw Chen Shuting and two bodyguards in front of the booth of the Nanla Town Pharmaceutical Factory, reading the drug instructions.

Zhang Heping went over, pretended to be a stranger and struck up a conversation with Chen Shuting, then gave a box of medicine and a bucket of Pu'er ripe tea to the two bodyguards with smiles on their faces.

"Mr. Zhang, aren't you afraid of losing money by doing this business?" Chen Shuting wore big sunglasses and looked at Zhang Heping with a cold look.

"There is no way. Advertising is not allowed in the country, and the aroma of wine is afraid of deep alleys." Zhang Heping said with a smile: "This year's production has been ordered. If you want to order our medicine, you have to wait until next year's Canton Fair to have the opportunity to talk to us. Sign a drug subscription contract.”

When Chen Shuting heard this, she felt a little unwilling.

Ever since she learned that Zhang Heping was from the capital and was currently working as a principal in Banna, she felt that she was trusted by Zhang Heping.

In addition, Zhang Heping asked her to come to the country to help, which made her feel that her trust was doubled, and she could live through fire or water.

However, Zhang Heping now said that ordering medicine would have to wait until next year... She didn't want to go back without accomplishing anything!

Suddenly, Chen Shuting picked up the work badge hanging on Zhang Heping's chest and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Zhang's medicines have been ordered, can I ask Mr. Zhang to be my translator?"

As Chen Shuting spoke, she took out a hundred-yuan bill from her bag and said mischievously: "There's a tip!"

Zhang Heping guessed what Chen Shuting was thinking. Since he had nothing to do, he turned around and said hello to Zhao Jie who returned to the booth, and then took Chen Shuting to wander in other exhibition halls.

When they walked to the performance hall, Chen Shuting took Zhang Heping in to watch more than two hours of model plays.

Chen Shuting saw it as novel, but Zhang Heping found it a bit boring.

Because he knows those lines!

I don’t know if those classmates will get promoted. Don’t be like He Zijiang and be satisfied just being a teacher.

At noon, Chen Shuting also wanted to take Zhang Heping to the hotel for dinner, but Zhang Heping refused.

"It's stipulated that you can't go, otherwise I will be censored, which will be very troublesome." Zhang Heping sent Chen Shuting to the roadside outside the venue and warned: "After you come over in the afternoon, go to other exhibition halls and buy something casually. Then, Go back tomorrow morning."

"Oh!" Chen Shuting responded with some disappointment, and then followed other foreign businessmen onto the minibus.

In the afternoon, Chen Shuting wandered around the drug exhibition hall again and looked at Zhang Heping a few more times before reluctantly leaving.

The next morning, after the gifts from Nanla Town Pharmaceutical Factory were delivered, Zhang Heping told the leader of the working group led by Yundu and asked Director Zhao to go back to Jingcheng with the truck.

Members of the working group also wanted to persuade the director of the pharmaceutical factory, Zhao Jie, to sign more orders, but Zhao Jie did not agree and followed Zhang Heping's advice to keep the extra anti-malarial capsules produced at the end of the year for the country.

As for Zhang Heping, after taking a boat to Hong Kong Island via Macao Island, he returned to Villa No. 8 in Kowloon Tong before Chen Shuting.

Tang Xin saw Chen Shuting coming back listlessly, and greeted her at the dinner table: "Shu Ting, wash your hands quickly and get ready for dinner."

"Sister Xin, I don't want to eat, you can eat!" Chen Shuting replied, then went upstairs in despair, and then met Zhang Heping who had just come downstairs after taking a shower.

"you……"

"What are you doing?" Zhang Heping raised his left hand, held down Chen Shuting's head and rubbed it a few times. After passing by her, he even slapped her butt with his backhand, "I asked you to come back in the morning, and you waited till evening. Come on, you’re not obedient at all!”

When Chen Shuting heard Zhang Heping blaming her, she blushed and chased downstairs. She followed Zhang Heping and explained:

"Brother Heping, we left the hotel very early and went to the train station. Then we waited for a long time for the train back to Hong Kong Island. After the train arrived at the border, we were checked for a long time before we were allowed to take the train back to Hong Kong Island. I was really obedient. Understand!"

Zhang Heping said noncommittally: "Wash your hands and eat!"

After being greeted by Zhang Heping, Chen Shuting hurriedly went to the bathroom to wash her hands, and came to the dining table with a smile on her face.

During the dinner, Tang Xin asked about Chen Shuting's experience of returning to the mainland from Hong Kong Island. She wondered if she also wanted to go back.

“We took the train from Tsim Sha Tsui and when we got to the border crossing, we were asked to get off the train with our luggage; after walking across the wooden bridge to the mainland side, they said we didn’t bring our vaccination certificates and took us to a small room. I got an injection and then gave me a small notebook.”

Chen Shuting said, left the dining table and went to get her handbag.

"Tip!" Zhang Heping suddenly extended his left hand to Chen Shuting.

After Zhang Heping accepted a hundred-dollar bill from Chen Shuting, he smiled at his wife Tang Xin, who had a question mark on her face: "She pretended to be a rich woman in front of me yesterday and asked me to be her translator and said she would give me a tip. I was hindered by the situation over there. According to the regulations, her money must be returned now.”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Heping took out his wallet and put the money into his wallet.

Chen Shuting took out a vaccination book and showed it, and then continued: "Because there were so many people, the inspection took until noon. After lunch, we were arranged to sit in a vaulted hall for more than an hour before we were allowed to re-enter. Get on the train and head to Huadu.”

"After arriving at Huadu Railway Station at four o'clock in the afternoon, the organizer took us to the Oriental Hotel in a minibus. The next morning, we were allowed to go to the Canton Fair venue."

"Then, I saw Brother Heping waiting for us at the door..."

It was night, Zhang Heping was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, Chen Shuting went to take a shower and changed into a black silk suit and came out to report on the recent news. Tang Xin and six children sat next to them watching TV, and they seemed to be harmonious.

After Zhang Heping put down a newspaper reporting on the vicious murder of a woman, he warned the two women: "Remember to bring a pistol when you go out. If there is an emergency, just shoot. The worst is to spend more money on a lawyer."

Both women hummed and didn't say more about this topic, feeling a little wary.

Zhang Heping stayed on Hong Kong Island for a few more days. After seeing the Eagle Queen ashore on May 5 and more than 4 cross-island refugees entering Hong Kong, Zhang Heping left Chen Shuting with a homework before taking a boat to Macao Island and returning to the capital.

"Textile quota?" Tang Xin looked at the five words written by Zhang Heping on the paper and asked in confusion: "What does this mean?"

"This is the textile export quota restriction set by the Stars and Stripes Alliance and the Eagle Alliance for Hong Kong Island. It is their trade protection method for their own country's textiles." Chen Shuting thought:

"Brother Heping raised this issue... It should be related to mainland China's textile exports."

"There are no textile quota restrictions on South Korea and Taiwan. Brother Heping wants to say that the textile industry of South Korea and Taiwan will surpass that of Hong Kong?"

"Could it be related to making money?" Tang Xin thought helpfully, "My husband is so good at making money, have you seen the business opportunities in it?"

Chen Shuting nodded in approval and said: "If you treat textile quotas as stock and real estate speculation, judging from the number of large and small garment factories on Hong Kong Island, if they don't buy export quotas at a high price, they will have no choice but to go bankrupt."

"However, I think Brother Heping may have other intentions." Chen Shuting sat on the sofa, imagining that Zhang Heping was sitting next to him reading the newspaper, "The problem should still be trade protection!"

"Before, when there was no trade protection, the textile industry accounted for the largest proportion of exports."

“Now that we have textile quotas, what will happen?”

……

Zhang Heping left such a question for Chen Shuting because he saw that the girl was writing her graduation thesis "On the Feasible Direction of Hong Kong Island's Economic Recovery."

Chen Shuting enrolled in school in September 1973 and completed her undergraduate course in less than two years, which shows that this girl worked hard.

Therefore, Zhang Heping gave her a little hint and it was up to her to see if she could think reversely.

In Zhang Heping's view, Hong Kong Island is an export economy, and textiles and other industries are subject to trade restrictions, so we should find a few industries that are not subject to restrictions and continue to export and generate income.

For example, electronic industry, finance...