Break out of the courtyard

In the evening, when Zhang Heping was riding a Honda motorcycle back to the Peak on Hong Kong Island, he saw a brown Land Cruiser parked on the mountain road and two men in Japanese suits standing at the entrance of Renheyi Community, saluting him.

After Zhang Heping drove his motorcycle in, he walked back to the gate and asked, "What's going on?"

"Boss, they have to wait for you and deliver the LCD TV to you personally." A bodyguard at the door explained.

"Where are your blast shields?" Zhang Heping frowned and glanced at the two bodyguards who had gathered around him. When he saw one of the bodyguards return to the gatehouse and take out an blast shield, he said in a cold voice, "Copy the security manual ten times!"

Seeing that Zhang Heping looked unhappy, the two bodyguards did not dare to act rashly and accepted the punishment in silence.

"Just stand guard here!" Zhang Heping said, and walked towards the sturdy Japanese man holding the cardboard box. "Which company are you from?"

"Mr. Zhang! We are Sharp Corporation!" The short and thin Japanese man with nothing in his hands bowed and said, "The first batch of LCD color TVs has been produced. We specially sent one to you for your review. I hope you can give us some valuable suggestions."

"Open it and let us see!" Zhang Heping blocked the door, with no intention of letting them in.

"Hey!"

The two Japanese people cooperated and quickly opened the cardboard box, revealing a black square TV that was 72 cm long, 42 cm wide and 11 cm thick.

"The border is too wide, and the overall style is not good-looking!" Zhang Heping gave a comment first, and then asked the two Japanese islanders to turn the LCD TV over. "It's too thick, take off the back cover and have a look."

After he finished speaking, the sturdy Japanese man took out a Swiss Army knife from the inner pocket of his black suit, selected a hook-shaped screwdriver, and skillfully began to remove the screws from the back cover of the TV.

A few minutes later, Zhang Heping picked up the removed back cover, smelled it, and put it aside. "It's not flame retardant material."

When Zhang Heping saw the internal structure, he couldn't help but smile. He touched the thick fluorescent lamp and asked, "Didn't your company purchase white LED lamps from Guangming Lighting Factory at this Canton Fair?"

"Hey! We've purchased some, but we'll have to wait until next year to get them," the short and thin Japanese man said, squatting opposite Zhang Heping and carefully asking, "Mr. Zhang, can you license your LED lighting technology to us for production?"

"Not yet!" Zhang Heping said as he looked at the circuit board. "Nisshin Electric has used the latest 1-micron process chips, but you are still using stock chips. How much does it cost to make a TV like this?"

The short and thin Japanese hesitated for a moment, and when he saw Zhang Heping dismantling the LCD screen without mercy, he hurriedly said, "About 1000 magnesium yuan! After large-scale mass production, the cost can be reduced."

"Hmph..." Zhang Heping snorted and broke off a corner of the 3.5-centimeter-thick LCD screen. "It's too thick!"

Snapped! Snapped……

Zhang Heping patted the crumbs on his hands, stood up and said, "Without plugging it in, I can tell that this TV has dim colors and slow response. With so many problems, you actually have the nerve to show it to me!"

Seeing Zhang Heping turning around to leave with disdain, the short and thin Japanese man hurriedly stood up and bowed, saying, "Mr. Zhang, we would like to invite you to invest in our company with your technology, and hope to get your guidance in person."

Zhang Heping turned around and looked at the short and thin Japanese for a few seconds, then shook his head and said, "No, your Japanese island is too dangerous. I won't go there again."

"Mr. Zhang, I heard that your umbrella company, the Ridao branch, is applying for a gun license. We are willing to lend a hand."

"At least 200 gun licenses will make me feel a little safe."

"Hey! I will definitely convey Zhang Sang's message back. Sorry for bothering you!"

After watching Zhang Heping go to the villa, the two Japanese islanders picked up the debris on the ground and returned to the car.

After the sturdy Japanese man got on the bus, he couldn't help but ask the short and thin Japanese man in the back seat: "President, I don't understand. We have already obtained the LCD display technology, why do we still want that person to invest in the technology?"

"Because he also has the technology for LED displays with brighter colors!" The short and thin Japanese man leaned back in the back seat, closed his eyes and said, "Let's go to the airport. I want to meet the president as soon as possible!"

"President, there is a press conference dinner in Central."

"Just go there later!"

……

Previously, after Zhang Heping gave lectures to a group of semiconductor experts sent by Nichia Electric Company, he also received an invitation from them to invest in their technology.

One reason was the chip design for elderly phones that Zhang Heping had thrown out, and the other was that the oil crisis was intensifying and the Japanese wanted to attract foreign investment to tide over the crisis.

The big boss behind Huayingxiong Company, which has invested billions in acquiring real estate in Ridao Dongdu, is undoubtedly their first target to win over.

As for the Japanese who had previously invaded Zhang Heping's laboratory, they must have been gangsters and were instructed by the Magnesian people.

Currently, two Japanese listed companies have taken the initiative to invite him. It depends on whether the chaebols behind them can support him.

Without a gun license from Ridao, Zhang Heping would certainly not rush to invest in Ridao Company.

It’s not that he was afraid, but he was worried that the employees sent to Japan Island would be coerced.

You know, when their lives are threatened, many people will defect!

What's more, they are just workers who get paid...

At home, father-in-law Tang Ming, mother-in-law Xu Jiefeng, and his wife were all waiting for Zhang Heping to have dinner.

Zhang Heping casually told them about the Japanese people at the door, then called his family to the dining table.

Father-in-law Tang Ming tried to speak several times, but was glared back by his wife.

After dinner, when Zhang Heping took his wife and children to take a walk on the nearby hilltop, Xu Jiefeng, who was at home, said to her husband Tang Ming angrily, "Are you getting old and confused?"

"Heping said that he didn't like the LCD TV sent by the Japanese. What he meant was that he didn't like the LCD TV from Tanghai. What else do you want to say?"

"Do you want peace to be tolerant and generous? To attend your grandson's color TV launch conference?"

"Give the technical data to the Japanese for processing. Who do you think can't do it? Only your grandson is smart!"

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"Mr. Hai, the screen of your LCD TV looks gray. It's not as colorful as Mr. Zhang's 19-inch ultra-thin TV. Did the Japanese cut corners?" The eldest son of the Rong family didn't get the Tang family's TV just now, so he was not very polite when he spoke.

Tang Hai had no idea about the difference between LCD and LED displays, so he pretended not to hear Rong Zhi's words and accepted the compliments and flattery from the people around him.

Rong Zhi, the eldest son of the Rong family, used to be an educated youth in the countryside of Western Sichuan. He followed his father to Hong Kong Island two years ago, found his grandfather who was in the textile business, and used the money to set up an electronics factory.

After suffering losses for several months, his electronics factory suddenly stopped producing electronic products and instead purchased large quantities of electronic watches, radios, electronic clocks and other items at low prices.

It is said that all the electronic products he collected were sold to the mainland. It is not yet known whether they were smuggled in or through other means.

"Mr. Lie, I heard that you are producing CD players and CD discs. Can you give me some of the products and I will help you sell them?" Rong Zhi found Tang Lie, who was watching the banquet coldly, outside the crowd.

"Brother Rong, just call me A Lie!" Tang Lie raised his wine glass and clinked it with Rong Zhi's.

"Alie, you can also call me Azhi, hehe!" Rong Zhi smiled and took a sip of wine, then asked, "Brother Alie, your CD player..."

"Brother Rong, with my current production volume, I have already signed sales orders until next year. However, I have asked the factory to expand production, and I will contact you as soon as possible to sign the order."

"We agreed that you can't lie to your brothers!"

"Please contact Brother Rong by February next year at the latest. If you exceed this time, Brother Rong will directly come to my factory to pick up the goods."

"Speak out!"

"It's hard to chase a horse!"

After Rong Zhi left with a happy face, Tang Qiang, who was sitting in the corner, said to Tang Lie who had just sat back, "He's just a speculator, why do you care about him?"

Tang Lie looked in the direction of Tang Hai and responded calmly, "My uncle said that those who can help us sell goods are all friends! Friends occasionally need money to buy goods, so we can give them credit for small amounts. But if you buy large amounts, be careful that he may be a liar."

"What do you think uncle was thinking? Why did he give the technical data of the LCD monitor to that idiot Tang Hai?" Tang Qiang said dissatisfiedly:

"That idiot has nothing in his head. He was so stupid that he handed over all the technical information to the Japanese without even applying for a patent!"

"We only have one chance!" Tang Lie glanced around, stood up and said to Tang Qiang, "It's our turn! After the mobile phone system from Japan is introduced, it will cost at least 3 million Hong Kong dollars to build a base station. If the signal is to cover Macau, the funds required will be even higher."

Tang Qiang followed Tang Lie closely, holding a wine glass. "Brother, do you think my uncle has any technical information on signal towers and base station equipment?"

"Even if I have it, I won't give it to you. Think about why."

"Is it to sell mobile phones to Japanese people?"

……

The next morning, nephew Tang Qiang ran into Villa No. 118 and said excitedly to Zhang Heping, who was reading a newspaper on the sofa in the living room: "Uncle, Japan Island Telecom Company has agreed to cooperate with our Hong Kong Island Telecom!"

"However, they opened two cooperation models. One is the licensing of NAMTS medium-sized mobile phone system, with a licensing fee of 1 million US dollars per year; the other is to use mobile phone system technology as a shareholder, and they want us to hold 30% of Hong Kong Island Telecom's shares."

“No matter which cooperation model you choose, signal towers, base stations and other equipment must be purchased from them!”

"Which one do you want to choose?" Zhang Heping asked without raising his head.

"I..." Tang Qiang scratched his head and said, "I want to choose the second one."

"Stupid!" Zhang Heping turned a page of the newspaper and said calmly, "A broken system that can be eliminated at any time not only wants your 30% stake, but also wants to sell the equipment to you at a high price. What do you want? What do they want?"

"so what should I do?"

"Don't you have any technical staff? Are all the people in your company lazy?"

Jingle Bell……

When Zhang Heping stood up to answer the phone, Tang Qiang smiled at his grandfather Tang Qiang and quickly retreated.

"Husband, the board of directors of Hong Kong Island Electric is only willing to issue us 6000 million shares. After conversion, our shareholding ratio can only be increased to 60%."

"No rush, wait until all 3000 wave energy power stations are installed. Also, notify the Guangdong Energy Research Institute that you can cooperate in developing a shore-based oscillating water column wave energy power station. The prerequisite is that they must facilitate the connection of Hong Kong Island Electric's power grid to the Guangdong power grid!"

Zhang Heping hung up the phone and sat on the sofa to think for a while.

China Light and Power Company connected its power grid with Guangdong Province last year. The connection between the north and south power grids of Hong Kong Island has come to a standstill, so Zhang Heping is preparing a roundabout tactic.

Apart from the Island Electric incident, there has been no major events recently.

Towngas employees are checking every household for gas safety hazards, and are also investigating the brands of gas stoves and water heaters, as well as their age and other information.

The number of taxis under the name of Hai Lu Kong Co., Ltd. increased to 5000. Due to the increase in oil prices caused by the Iran-Iraq War, there were still more than a thousand Hong Kong Island taxi drivers holding "taxi licenses" waiting to exchange for Nissan taxis owned by Hai Lu Kong Co., Ltd.

Because of the collective salary increase of the Star Ferry, employees of all companies under the Peace Group have begun to implement a model of base salary + performance, supplemented by holiday benefits and year-end bonuses.

As for option incentives, they are currently only implemented in Umbrella Security Company.

Zhang Heping read the newspaper for a while and then went to teach at the medical center opposite the Kowloon Tong Welfare Home.

The Kowloon Tong Welfare Home currently only accepts elderly family members of employees of the Peace Group. However, it has accepted 12 children under the age of 23, which is an allocation indicator sent by the Hong Kong government.

The diagnosis and treatment center in Building 10 is semi-open to the public; it is only open to the public for free for a while when Zhang Heping comes to give lectures.

When it was open to the public, it was called a free clinic, but in fact, passers-by were used as guinea pigs for students of the diagnosis and treatment center to practice.

Of course, during this period, with Zhang Heping there to back them up, nothing went wrong.

Zhang Heping went there today and the number of appointments for patients with difficult and complicated diseases has reached 50, which is enough for him to teach students for a while.

By the way, do children have to learn cultural subjects such as Chinese, mathematics and English?

If I learn Chinese, math and English, do I no longer need to work?

This question has been answered at the Kowloon Tong Welfare Home.

Because Zhang Heping directly determined the future careers of the 19 orphans in the welfare home: employees of the medical center!

Most of the study content for these 19 orphans is Chinese medicine books, supplemented by elementary Chinese and elementary mathematics. There are no courses such as physics, chemistry, and geography, but I believe they can also become successful!

The other four orphans are disabled children who can only learn to do simple work and will be kept in an orphanage in the future.

……

A week passed uneventfully. When the news came from Island Electric that they had signed an Internet cooperation agreement with Guangdong Province, Sha Zhixiang called and said that the misappropriation of funds at the ultra-thin color screen factory had been discovered by Hong Kong businessmen, who were making a scene at the factory gate.

Zhang Heping said "oh" and hung up the phone.

Sha Zhixiang had been reminded of this kind of thing a long time ago. It's useless to tell him now since he didn't embezzle the money.

The phone rang again, and just when Zhang Heping thought it was Sha Zhixiang calling, he heard the voice of his nephew Tang Qiang on the other end of the line.

"Uncle, Ridao Telecom has revealed their true colors. They want to be the sole agent for our mobile phones. The result of our internal discussion is to increase the price of mobile phones by 200% and require that Ridao Telecom's equipment can only be increased by 50% over the cost price."

"Does your company raise only pigs?" Zhang Heping said speechlessly, "Do you know what full agency sales mean? Do you know how big the mobile phone market is? Have you seen how big and heavy Japanese mobile phones are?"

"that……"

"Don't talk about it. Send someone to Japan to investigate the market and find out how much mobile phones sell for in Japan."

After speaking, Zhang Heping hung up the phone.

Among the third generation of the Tang family, except for the eldest son of each branch, no one has a business acumen.

Jingle Bell!

Zhang Heping had just stood up when the phone rang again.

"Hello!" Zhang Heping answered the phone impatiently.

"Heping, it's me!" Wang Sumei's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Can you come to Shenzhen and calm down those Hong Kong businessmen? The money from the factory will definitely be returned!"

"Auntie Wang!" Zhang Heping frowned and said, "This is not a question of money! It's a big question of whether we can still invest in the mainland! Whoever embezzled the money must return it. Otherwise, who would dare to invest in the mainland?"

The Autumn Canton Fair has just ended, and the foreign exchange collected is definitely enough to pay off the debt.

Now, it depends on whether, when and how the money will be given.

This is a credibility issue!

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"I was just confused at first. Tang Hai gave the technical data to the Japanese for processing, and they produced the thin color TV in less than two months. I wanted to come to the Shenzhen Ultra-Thin Color Screen Factory today to inquire about the progress, but the workers here said that they haven't been paid for two months!" The leader of the Zheng family in Hong Kong Island stretched out his right index and middle fingers and said excitedly:

"It's only two months' salary, and that's just this little money! The ultra-thin color screen joint venture factory can't even pay this little money. As soon as I heard it, I knew something big was wrong!"

"Everyone, Chairman Tang has sent someone to check. There is not a penny left in the Ultra-Thin Color Screen Factory's account!" The person in charge of the Hong Kong Island Ma family said solemnly, "This is a very serious problem!"

"Everyone calm down! Director Xiao just said that he was just borrowing some foreign exchange temporarily to buy disaster relief supplies, and he will definitely pay it back!" The leader of the He family in Hong Kong shouted loudly.

"This is not a question of whether to pay it back or not!" The head of the Wu family in Hong Kong frowned and said, "Even in Hong Kong, the Eagle Country guys can't directly transfer money from any company's account!"

"We can afford to pay this little bit of money!" The leader of the Wang family in Hong Kong said in a deep voice, "But can we afford to lose the reputation of the mainland? If we do this, who will dare to invest in the mainland?"

Just as more and more Hong Kong businessmen gathered at the entrance of the Shenzhen ultra-thin color screen joint venture production plant, Tang Ren, chairman of the Hong Kong Island Colorful Investment Company, came out to negotiate in the factory.

"Everyone!" Tang Ren stood at the factory gate and said loudly, "I just called to confirm that the 2 million magnesium yuan in the Ultra-Thin Color Screen Factory's account has been repaid."

"Chairman Tang, I want to withdraw my investment!"

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