Break out of the courtyard

After lunch on the first day of the Lunar New Year, several younger members of the Tang family surrounded Zhang Heping and went back to the study, demanding the so-called energy-saving fan drawings.

The so-called energy saving is just to reduce the size of the motor to save electricity and cost, and to reduce and deepen the air outlet to make it a turbocharged air circulation fan.

Afterwards, Zhang Heping drew a vertical humidifying fan and a bladeless humidifying fan. The key point is that the bottom boxes of these two fans can be filled with ice and water, so they can be called air-conditioning fans.

After sending away the younger generations of the Tang family, Zhang Heping returned to the living room on the first floor and read the newspaper while accompanying his parents.

Perhaps because Uncle Tang's family had limited funds, or perhaps because they did not want to arouse Zhang Heping's disgust, Uncle Tang and his family did not come to Zhang Heping to discuss matters, but instead discussed cooperation in the villa next door.

As the saying goes, brothers should settle accounts openly. The Tang Ming branch is not the direct line of the Tang family. Tang Zhi did not allow Tang Ren, Tang Yi and others to stay in Taiwan, but suggested that they go to Malaysia.

Back then, if Zhang Heping had not found Niu Laixia single-handedly and led Tang Ren and the others to fight their way out, the consequences would have been unpredictable!

Therefore, Tang Ren and his friends were quite strict on the terms of business cooperation and were not as easy to talk to as Zhang Heping.

"Heping, Mom has something to ask you. Your dad and I sent out more than 600 red envelopes this morning, and you..." Ma Xiuzhen looked at her young daughter-in-law Chen Shuting hesitantly.

"Mom!" Chen Shuting smiled and said, "Last year, there was a drought in the north and a flood in the south. Do you know how much food our family donated to the country?"

Ma Xiuzhen shook her head blankly. Because Zhang Heping's identity was kept secret, Tingmei Trading Company's donation and exchange of grain were only mentioned twice in top-secret internal reports. Most people did not know about this, but there was a legend about it officially.

“我们第1次捐了价值8000万镁元的粮食，第2次是6000多万镁元的粮食，第3次是2亿镁元的粮食。”陈淑婷笑着解释道：

“Although the third donation was not free, it only exchanged 3 million magnesium yuan worth of steel bars and aluminum ingots from China, which is equivalent to donating 5000 million magnesium yuan.”

"The 3 million US dollars donated last year can now be exchanged for 16 billion Hong Kong dollars. Therefore, the small amount of red envelopes sent out this morning is nothing."

3 million?

16 million?

Ma Xiuzhen was stunned by these two figures. She thought about it for an entire afternoon but couldn't figure out where her son got so much money.

As for Comrade Lao Zhang, he was thinking about Zhang Heping's political stance.

When it was time for dinner, he saw Zhang Heping getting up and walking out, and he managed to utter, "Xiao San, you were raised by our country!"

Zhang Heping was stunned for two seconds before he understood what his father Zhang Bing meant.

"Don't worry!" Zhang Heping climbed onto Lao Zhang's shoulder, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "Don't forget, I send my monthly salary of 138 yuan back home. At the beginning, you and my mother signed a confidentiality agreement!"

Zhang Bing hadn't had such close contact with Zhang Heping for a long time, and he hummed with some discomfort.

"Uncle, we asked someone this afternoon. If the three types of fans are made of ordinary plastic, the cost of each unit can be controlled within 30 yuan. If they are replaced with plastic with flame retardants, the cost will be around 35 yuan."

"Uncle, I found out that the cost of other electric fans is between 40 and 55 yuan. Even if we use flame-retardant plastic to make fans, we still have a price advantage."

"Then I wish the electric fans you produce will be sold well at home and abroad, and make a lot of money!" Zhang Heping joked to the two Tang family boys who were blocking the way, and then took his father Zhang Bing to sit at the main table.

The dinner went very smoothly. I guess the Tang family had finalized the cooperation on mobile phones and LCD TVs.

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The next day, the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Zhang Heping originally planned to take his parents, wife and children out shopping, but someone came to wish him and Chen Shuting a happy new year early in the morning.

The heads of TV stations, radio stations, newspapers and magazines should have come together after consultation.

Afterwards, heads of companies such as Island Electric, China Gas, Star Ferry, and Hong Kong Tramways came to pay New Year's greetings.

Even the managers of two factories in Shenzhen called to wish everyone a happy new year, but...

Trevon Frick, general manager of Island Telecom, did not come, and Zhang Heping remembered this American hawk!

At lunch time, there were fewer young people in the Tang family. Most of them went to their wives' parents' homes, and only a few ran out to fool around.

After lunch, Zhang Heping called four drivers to drive part-time as bodyguards, and then took his parents, wife and children out.

Before going shopping, Zhang Heping first went to the Kowloon Tong Welfare Home, distributed red envelopes to the elderly and orphans there, and confirmed their meals for the New Year.

Finally, Zhang Heping gave red envelopes to all the employees on duty before taking his family to go shopping in Yau Tsim Mong.

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On the morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year, when Zhang Heping thought that no one would come to pay New Year's greetings, most of the rich wives that Heping Real Estate had circled, probably stimulated by the packaging box processing business that Chen Shuting had given them before the New Year, actually made an appointment to come with their families to pay New Year's greetings, trying to find some business opportunities.

After a busy morning, Zhang Heping took his family to the racecourse, but ended up losing more than he won that afternoon.

Chen Shuting looked at the stack of discarded lottery tickets in her hand and said with a smile, "Husband, Sister Xin said that when you first came to Hong Kong Island, you won millions by betting on horses. Is it true?"

Zhang Heping said sadly: "Horse racing has changed now. The riders are all puppets. No matter how good the horses are, they can't outrun the hearts of the people!"

"Heping, don't bring the children to this kind of place in the future, otherwise they will not learn good lessons!" When Ma Xiuzhen said this, she couldn't help but think of the second son of the Zhou family. She was afraid that her grandson would lose all the family property.

"Mom, do you think if I don't bring them here, they won't come here in the future?" Zhang Heping rubbed his eldest son Zhang Bei's head and said with a smile:

"There are several large legal casinos in Australia. If it weren't for the gangs fighting over territory, I could take you to have a look."

The four drivers following behind were surprised when they heard the words "Ao Island" and "Casino".

Because they remembered the boasting of those bodyguards who had been to Ao Island with Zhang Heping before, saying how great this son-in-law was at gambling.

The key is that after winning money, you will share it with them.

However, after hearing Zhang Heping's last two sentences, the mood of the four drivers suddenly fell to the bottom.

They had also heard about the chaos on Australia Island, and that gangsters fighting for territory were even equipped with AKs.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be two security teams, one visible and one hidden, at the dock.

……

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Chinese businessmen gather together.

Zhang Heping didn't want to go at first, but that bitch Chen Shuting pretended to be aggrieved and joined forces with that bitch Tang Xin to persuade her mother Ma Xiuzhen, resulting in Zhang Heping being criticized by his mother and having to accompany Chen Shuting and the others to deal with it.

The organizers of this party are all top Chinese businessmen who want to save face, want business opportunities, and think they have status.

They couldn't bring themselves to go to anyone's house to wish them a happy new year, so they came up with the idea of ​​gathering in a big restaurant and wishing each other a happy new year on the fourth day of the New Year.

Of course, the Chinese businessmen invited to the party are only a part of the Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong Island, and many small and medium-sized businessmen are blocked from this circle.

"Sister Shuting!" When Zhang Jianing saw Chen Shuting entering the restaurant with Zhang Heping's left arm, she immediately left the big boss behind the scenes who was wearing brown glasses.

"Mr. Zhang, Sister Shu Ting, congratulations on your prosperity!" Zhang Jianing nodded to Zhang Heping, then glanced at the big boss who followed behind him and said with a smile: "This is my boss, Chen..."

"Mr. Zhang and Mr. Chen are here!" A middle-aged man in the restaurant lobby exclaimed, and immediately attracted a lot of people.

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Chen, congratulations on your prosperity!"

"Chairman Tang, congratulations on your prosperity!"

"Boss Lie, Boss Qiang, congratulations on your prosperity!"

The people who gathered around him greeted him with their fists clasped together, leaving Zhang Heping with only a fake smile and a fist clasped together to respond.

As everyone was escorting Zhang Heping, Tang Ren and the others upstairs, Zhang Heping took the time to return the greetings to Zhang Jianing and the man with glasses beside her, "Ms. Jianing, Mr. Chen, congratulations on your prosperity!"

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