Break out of the courtyard

"The three high school students from the Navy compound have been brought to your house by their parents to apologize!" As soon as Director Wang came up, he put an end to Zhang Heping's previous excuse for not returning to the capital.

"It seems that our new leader is quite strong!" Zhang Heping smiled and led Director Wang and his mother Ma Xiuzhen into the house.

Neither of them mentioned the other dozen or so high school students who beat up the man, and they tacitly ignored them.

Because Zhang Heping had some concerns about the Naval Compound, he just asked Zhang Bei and Zhang Nan to fight one against two and beat the three high school students back one by one.

As for the dozen or so ordinary high school students, they can only blame their bad luck. They hit someone they shouldn't have hit, and breaking their hands and feet is only the lightest revenge for them.

Director Wang went into the house and waited for a while until the nannies finished their work and went back to their homes. Then she stood at the kitchen door and said to Zhang Heping who was cooking inside:

"The reason I asked you to go back this time is that the new leader wants to discuss technical reserve issues with you to avoid disagreements like before."

"Second, the set of 'The Rise of Great Powers' that you sent back earlier has caused quite a bit of controversy. I hope you can go back and attend an economic discussion meeting to talk about the current economic situation abroad."

"The last one is about the semiconductor cooperation with Magnesium." Director Wang looked at Zhang Heping's side and said seriously, "The North Soviet Union is making small moves on the border again, and Vietnam Island is not peaceful either. The higher-ups want to deepen scientific research cooperation with Magnesium to jointly contain the North Soviet Union and buy time for development."

"As long as the conditions offered by the Magnesium Country satisfy the Chinese people, I have no objection." Zhang Heping turned his head to look at Director Wang and said with a smile: "At most, I will express my dissatisfaction in public, and you can just pretend that you didn't hear it."

"Are you sure?" Director Wang was a little skeptical, mainly because Zhang Heping's previous methods against the magnesium guys did not show any falsehood.

"Sure!" Zhang Heping said casually, "I deliberately let the group of robbers from Mexico, South Korea and Japan go to avoid diplomatic disputes. The Eagles may not protect me. At the same time, it is also a backup plan that I have left to gain the upper hand in public opinion."

As for those island-crossing robbers who die on the streets with no one caring about them, they are not within the scope of discussion.

If you want to blame someone, just blame Hong Kong Island for becoming an international reception center in recent years, taking in a lot of refugees, half of whom are from other parts of the island. Even if some of them die, no American people care.

"So you mean that you agree to go back?" Director Wang said this without leaving Zhang Heping any choice.

Zhang Heping did not answer directly, "When is the domestic economic discussion meeting?"

"There will be a symposium with top leaders in the next three days, and the economic discussion meeting should be held on the 5th or 6th."

"I will arrange for someone to buy a flight for the afternoon of the 4th. I have some things to deal with recently. You and my mother will play in Hong Kong Island for a few days first."

Zhang Heping said he was buying tickets for the 4th, but on the morning of the next day, the 2nd, he arranged for someone to go to the airport to buy 30 tickets for flights to the capital that afternoon, and also had someone book a room at the Capital Hotel.

Because the relevant expenses were paid from the Huifeng account of the Umbrella Security Company, Huifeng Bank discovered the abnormal fund movement at the first time and reported it.

At noon that day, Huifeng Bank's account manager called and asked Zhang Heping to meet in the afternoon.

……

"Even if Viagra tablets provided fake ingredients when they were patented, I still don't recommend you to apply for a patent." Shen Bi, chairman of Huifeng Bank, said to the Eagles in the conference room:

"We have the packaging boxes, instructions, drug batch numbers, and sales channels of Manliest tablets. You can build another factory to produce Manliest tablets and use the pharmaceutical factory in Shenzhen as our OEM factory. There is no need to go against Mr. Zhang!"

"Chairman Shen Bi, you are afraid of Mr. Zhang, but we are not!"

"We can go back to Eagle Country to produce!"

"Do you know how much the Manliest pills cost? They cost less than 80 mg/ml per pill, but they charge you 10 mg/ml per pill. Do you know how much profit they make?"

If Zhang Heping were here, he might tell them with a smile that, including the monthly advertising fees for Xiongqi Liquor, the cost of a Viagra tablet is only 10 cents.

This is not huge profit, but extremely huge profit!

……

November 7th, 2:16.

When Huifeng Bank's chairman Shen Bi, Mr. Wei, and the account manager arrived at Taiping Mountain and entered the Zhang family villa, they saw more than a dozen suitcases placed next to the living room.

"Mr. Zhang, where are you planning to travel?" Shen Bi pretended to be confused even though he knew the truth, and looked at the colorful suitcases in surprise.

Since Zhang Heping had lured these three people out with 30 plane tickets, he naturally knew that they were acting.

But, we are all adults, who can’t act?

"There are many Chinese with bad intentions coming to Hong Kong Island. I plan to take my family out to avoid the limelight." Zhang Heping pretended to be very timid, and then picked up a stack of A4 paper from the coffee table. "I originally wanted to have someone pass it to you after I left Hong Kong Island."

Shen Bi took the stack of papers, frowned after just glancing at the title, and quickly opened the one titled "Manliest Tablet Toxicology Report"!

Shen Bi skimmed through a large number of experimental reports and quickly turned to the final conclusion. He couldn't help but read out loud, "Adverse reactions, headache, indigestion, myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death, ventricular arrhythmia..."

Zhang Heping saw Shen Bi finished reading the information and said, "Manliest tablets will stop production this month!"

"However, please rest assured, Chairman Shen, we are developing a Viagra drug with even less side effects."

"Chairman Shen, take advantage of this opportunity and have your people clear out the stock as soon as possible. When the new version of Viagra comes out, you can change the name of the drug, and then use these experimental data to advertise and occupy the market by riding on the notoriety of Manliest pills."

For a moment, Shen Bi wondered if Zhang Heping had discovered that they had reverse-engineered the composition of the Manliest pills.

Shen Bi handed the report to the inquiring Wei Daban, frowned and asked Zhang Heping: "How long will it take for you to develop the new drug?"

Zhang Heping said casually, "It's hard to say when. The drug has entered the experimental stage. It may take a month at the fastest or a year at the slowest. I will notify Chairman Shen as soon as it can be mass-produced."

After he finished speaking, Zhang Heping stretched out his right hand and shook hands with Shen Bi's right hand, "Let's cooperate next time!"

This sentence made Shen Bizhen confused again. Did the other party not want to outsource the processing of Manliest tablets, but wanted to produce and sell them by themselves?

With many doubts, Shen Bi did not say that the purpose of his visit this time was to no longer cooperate in the production of Manliest tablets!

As the three people from Huifeng Bank left, Chen Shuting, the little wife who had been silent, asked in confusion: "Husband, is it true that the health care factory no longer produces Manliest pills?"

"I received news that the Eagle country guys have reverse engineered the composition of Viagra powder." Zhang Heping said the intelligence he bought from the Umbrella monitoring team for one million magnesium dollars, and joked: "Next, it depends on whether the Eagle country guys dare to sell Manliest pills!"

……

After Shen Bi took back the toxicology report of the Manliest tablets, he immediately had someone fax it to the laboratory in the Eagle Country for verification, and summoned the group of Eagle Country people from the morning to discuss the matter.

"Chairman Shen, do you mean that it was Mr. Zhang who first proposed to stop the production of Manliest tablets?"

"Yes! He also said that he would use this toxicology report for advertising and take over the market by riding on the notoriety of Manliest pills!"

"According to previous market feedback, some people did experience headaches, skin flushing, indigestion, abnormal vision, nasal congestion, back pain, nausea, dizziness, rashes, etc. after taking the drug, but myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death did not occur!"

"Everyone is dead. Who told you that such a thing happened?"

"What should we do now?"

"Isn't this just one less competitor? We are the exclusive manufacturer, and we make at least 20 billion magnesium dollars in net profit every month!"

"But Mr. Zhang has given up on this drug. If he finds out that we are producing it, given his ruthless style, he will definitely publish the toxicology report and even the drug ingredients!"

"If we don't produce, what will happen to the funds we invested in reverse cracking in the laboratory?"

……

After Zhang Heping arranged for the Heping Auditors to enter the companies under the Heping Group to check the accounts for the first half of the year, he took his mother, mother-in-law, wife, children, Director Wang, and eight young male and female bodyguards and flew to the capital on the afternoon of the 8th.

After leaving the Capital Airport, the three Hongqi sedans that Zhang Heping bought last year were parked at the door, followed by two 3 jeeps, and a little further back, there were a few red taxis.

"The villa at No. 5 Wanshou Road is cleaned every week. You can stay there instead of going to the Capital Hotel." Director Wang explained beside Zhang Heping: "The previous guards have been replaced. Now they are all our people."

"We'll only stay for a few days this time, and we won't go any further." Some things have not been resolved at his level, so how could Zhang Heping easily compromise? He couldn't let outsiders think he was a soft persimmon. "It's more convenient for so many people to stay in a hotel, especially for eating."

Director Wang did not dwell on this matter. He first went with Zhang Heping and his family to the Capital Hotel to store their luggage, then followed them to Courtyard No. 7 on the north bank of Houhai, and finally took Zhang Heping to meet the new person in charge.

It was not until the five cars drove away that the neighbors who were sitting outside the gate of No. 5 Courtyard watching black and white TV began to whisper to each other.

"It seems that Zhang Heping is back!"

"What a grand ceremony! Those eight men and women in black short-sleeved shirts and camouflage pants must be Zhang Heping's guards!"

"Chang Le, is your uncle and his family back?"

When everyone saw Zhang Zhaodi's second son running out, they hurriedly grabbed him.

"Let go! I want to get my report card! If you don't let go, I will turn off the TV!" Chang Le was anxious to get away from the crowd.

Then, Zhang Zhaodi’s eldest daughter, Chang Wen, and two other boys also ran out from Yard No. 7 and hurried back to Yard No. 6.

Then, the four of them, each holding a report card, ran back to Yard No. 4.

Not long after, Zhou Xiaochun and Zhou Xiaopeng, brother and sister from the neighboring Yard No. 8, also ran to Yard No. 7.

"Mom, I read in the domestic newspapers that people are encouraged to repair their own houses." Chen Shuting held her shy little daughter Zhang Nuo in her arms, sitting on the kang in the main room, and said to her mother Ma Xiuzhen who was busy making tea:

"How about we pay to demolish these three courtyards and build buildings? It will be convenient for us to live here."

"Otherwise, when these young people get married and have children in the future, a large group of people will come back. Imagine the scene..."

Ma Xiuzhen hesitated and said, "But where will we live if the house is demolished? It will take several months to repair the building."

"Stay in a hotel, or stay at the No. 5 Wanshou Road Courtyard that Director Wang just mentioned." Chen Shuting came to the dining table with little Zhang Nuo in her arms, and whispered to the eldest wife Tang Xin who was looking at the report card:

"There are too many people in Hong Kong who covet our family's skills. I think if Xiaobei and Xiaonan return to China to study, it will relieve my husband of a lot of pressure."

"Sister Xin, my husband doesn't like socializing outside. He always wears sunglasses when he goes out, for fear that others will recognize him."

"But in these biddings, he was the only one standing on the stage, facing the foreigners." Chen Shuting wiped her moist eyes, "I can feel that he wanted the foreigners to recognize his face and didn't want to implicate us."

Tang Xin took out a handkerchief, wiped Chen Shuting's tears, and sighed, "How can I not feel his pressure! There are tens of billions of magnesium yuan worth of real estate and land in Dongdu, Japan. You have said dozens of times that you want to go and take a look, but your husband won't let you go because he is worried that something will happen to you."

"Why are you crying when all is well?" Ma Xiuzhen didn't understand. She put down the kettle and took out a handkerchief to wipe Chen Shuting's tears. "Xiaobei and Xiaonan can go to Yuying School when they come back."

"The reason why Changle, Changxing, and Zhang Yi's grades improved so quickly is because they transferred to Yuying School last semester. Xiaobei and Xiaonan can also go there. Courtyard No. 5 happens to be at the back door of Yuying School, so it is very convenient for pick-up and drop-off."

"I'll tell Director Wang, and I'll definitely let Xiaobei and Xiaonan go to Yuying School."

"Don't!" Chen Shuting hurriedly stopped him.

"Mom!" Tang Xin said, "We need to talk to Heping first. He seems to have some complaints about Courtyard No. 5 today. Director Wang asked him to move in, but he refused."

"After we understand the situation, we can discuss where Xiaobei and Xiaonan should go to school, so as to avoid Heping getting angry."

……

"Announce one generation, reserve one generation, and develop one generation?" Zhang Heping looked at the new person in charge who used to be on TV and now has retired to the eighth or ninth line, and asked in surprise: "You called me back just to talk about this?"

Zhang Heping thought that they were discussing top-secret technical issues like Sanxingdui, but he never expected that they were discussing the disclosure, storage, and research and development of ordinary technologies.

The old man in a Zhongshan suit beside him picked up his teacup, looked at the young man whom he had heard of for a long time but met for the first time, and said with a smile: "Otherwise, what do you think I want to talk to you about?"

"For example, the advanced technology in Shudu!" Zhang Heping still remembered the principle of confidentiality and did not disclose the matter of Sanxingdui at the first time, fearing that the other party did not know about it.

"I signed the approval last time I sent you there." The old man scratched his gray hair and said with a smile, "They wanted to keep you, but you didn't agree."

"After that, I forgot about it because of some things. Otherwise, I would have met you a long time ago. From what you said, do you have any ideas about the research over there?"

"Quantum technology, controlled nuclear fusion, I have been looking for information on this." Zhang Heping said half-truthfully, "But I think we should also study brain wave technology. For this, I thought of improving the precision of integrated circuits."

"If we can make semiconductor chips with a precision of 1 nanometer, the weak signals in the circuit should be able to match human brain waves. When the time comes, I will install a few 1 nanometer chips in my head..."

Zhang Heping talked a lot about his ideas on how to deal with Ruomu's brain-computer mental force field, but in the end he only got a cup of tea from the old man.

“Although I didn’t fully understand what you said, I can feel that the technology you mentioned is very powerful.” The old man smiled kindly and said, “If you want to go back to Sanxingdui one day, tell me and I will help you apply.”

Hearing the last sentence "I'll help you apply", Zhang Heping suddenly felt the loneliness hidden in the other party's heart.

Zhang Heping immediately changed the subject and said, "Leader, according to your request just now, the 365-nanometer chip manufacturing process has been announced, and the 193-nanometer process technology is considered a reserve. The rest is the research direction."

"You can tell those engineers that the next generation of chip manufacturing technology should be more daring in terms of precision, between 157 nanometers and 134 nanometers, and they should not be limited by the so-called Moore's Law in the United States."

"From what you said, you already have an idea?"

"Yes! It just consumes a lot of electricity, and it also requires purified water. I am considering whether to invest in building a nuclear power plant by the river in the mountain city. However, before building a nuclear power plant, I have to find some books on nuclear energy to study."

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