Break out of the courtyard

"Honey, it's so late, why aren't you sleeping yet?" The young wife Chen Shuting came over in a gray silk nightgown, hugged Zhang Heping's left arm, and clamped his left hand.

"Yingzi is preparing to run away!" Zhang Heping picked up his horny little wife, carried her on his shoulders, and walked upstairs. "Tomorrow, let's buy some land."

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That night, the Hong Kong Real Estate Construction Chamber of Commerce was brightly lit.

"If you ask me, now is a great time for us to stock up on land."

"The price of commercial land is HK$540 per square foot, which is two-thirds lower than the highest price in the previous year. Have you ever wondered why the Hong Kong government sells land so cheaply?"

"Didn't I say that? Mrs. Tie is going to visit the mainland to discuss the sovereignty issue of Hong Kong Island."

"Since you know this, you should be able to understand the pessimism of those people in the Hong Kong government from the land price issue. They are not optimistic about this visit."

"I think we can apply for Eagle citizenship, so that we can at least have diplomatic immunity when doing business on Hong Kong Island in the future."

"I think Japan and Magnesium have a better status. They have trade relations with the mainland."

"Do you think the Zhang family will emigrate?"

"I heard that the Zhang family bought a lot of real estate and land in Dongdu, Ridao!"

"The Zhang family sold all their shops on Hong Kong Island last year. Now they only have one Dior flagship store on Nathan Road."

"He has the most business dealings with the mainland. He is not optimistic about Hong Kong Island real estate. I am afraid he has received inside information a long time ago."

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"You want to acquire land on an outlying island to build a new airport?" Shen Bi looked at Zhang Heping who had suddenly come to visit him in confusion, and asked tentatively, "Where on the outlying island do you want to build the airport?"

"I want to buy land in the Beibu Gulf of Lantau Island, and then reclaim land in the Beibu Gulf to build an airport." Zhang Heping looked at Shen Bi, who was full of disbelief, and said with a smile:

"Build the airport there. Lantau Island, Maitreya Mountain and Phoenix Mountain can reduce the impact of typhoons. The sea surface is wide, so you can build an airport of any size you want."

"By the way, you won't charge me for the sea surface in the Beibu Gulf! This is a public transportation project. It's fine if the Hong Kong government doesn't give money to support the construction, but if they want to charge me for the sea surface fee for land reclamation, that's unacceptable."

Shen Bi was still a little dazed at the moment. The plan to reclaim land in the Beibu Bay on Lantau Island and build an airport was the backup plan they had just formulated: the Rose Garden!

This plan is a huge debt project that is prepared to be handed over to China when Hong Kong Island is returned after the negotiations on the management rights of Hong Kong Island fail.

Now that Zhang Heping brought it up, Shen Bidu began to suspect whether their meeting was eavesdropped on!

However, considering that the meeting was held in Yingguolundu, I felt that the possibility of being eavesdropped was not high, but rather the possibility of someone leaking the information was greater.

"Mr. Zhang, the Hong Kong government is currently selling commercial land for only HK$540 per square foot. Would you like to consider it?" After Shen Bi finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Heping meaningfully.

"Chairman Shen!" Zhang Heping walked to the office window, looked at the street view outside, and said with a smile: "How much do you think it would cost to buy the 10 million square feet site at Kai Tak Airport?"

"If I had that much spare money, why don't I spend tens of millions to buy a cheap piece of mountain land on Lantau Island, then increase capital and expand shares to privatize Kai Tak Airport, build a new airport at the same time, and also take over the existing site of Kai Tak Airport."

"50 billion Hong Kong dollars is not enough to build a new airport!" Shen Bi advised: "The key is that there are no supporting roads on Lantau Island. If you build an airport there, plus the cost of supporting roads, hotels, etc., you will have to invest at least 200 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is enough for you to buy four sites as big as Kai Tak Airport!"

"That's right!" Zhang Heping said, and sat back down at his desk. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Then I'll have to trouble Chairman Shen to ask if there is any land in a good location to sell to me. I'm sure the agency fee will be high."

After saying this, Zhang Heping left Huifeng Bank directly.

Shen Bi thought about it for a long time in the office and always felt that something was wrong, so he made a phone call and then went to the Hong Kong government.

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In Zhang Heping's memory, the Eagles laid a lot of landmines before returning Hong Kong Island.

The most famous of these is the super land rent in Hong Kong Island.

Secondly, the linked exchange rate is 7.7 and 7.8.

Finally, there is the Hong Kong International Airport on Lantau Island, Beibu Gulf, which cost more than 100 billion Hong Kong dollars to build!

Super land rent is nothing more than speculation on real estate. Eagle capital flees at high levels, leaving behind a pile of high housing prices and high rents to harm the people of Hong Kong Island.

As for that airport, as Shen Bi said, if Zhang Heping were to build it, the first phase of the project would only require an investment of HK$200 billion to replace the current Kai Tak Airport.

If they want to build the airport bigger, for example, to have three runways, an investment of another 300 billion would be enough now that the Hong Kong dollar has not depreciated. Zhang Heping has the financial resources to do so.

So, Zhang Heping found Shen Bi today and used the new airport as a test to ask for directions. After seeing Shen Bi's stunned expression, he knew that he had guessed right. The Eagle country guys were indeed planning to run away with the money in advance!

Although it is only 1982 and there are still 15 years before the return, the Eagles are already planning how to suck the blood of Hong Kong Island and how to retreat.

As for the linked exchange rate, Zhang Heping thought it was a good idea. He could borrow some Hong Kong dollars to invest in land and make some money from the exchange rate difference in the future.

When passing by the Hong Kong Telecommunications Building, Zhang Heping went upstairs for a walk and asked about the laying of the submarine optical cable connecting Taiwan Island, Japan Island and Xin Island before going home.

Once the submarine optical cable is connected, the trading of the Dongdu Stock Exchange will be remotely controlled.

The electronic stock trading system of the Hong Kong Island Stock Exchange has been tested and is available, but it has been resisted by the other three stock exchanges, which are unwilling to enter the information of listed companies under their jurisdiction into the trading system, resulting in the delay in the activation of the Hong Kong stock electronic trading system.

In addition, after copying the electronic stock trading system back home, countries such as Belgium, Ireland, Japan and the Netherlands are organizing people to build their own trading systems, probably because they are afraid that Zhang Heping will leave a backdoor in the system.

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"How could Mr. Zhang know about our Rose Garden Project?" The Governor looked at Shen Bi, the chairman of Huifeng Bank, in surprise. "This project only involves you, me, and Lundu..."

"No! You mean, someone in Lundu leaked the information?"

Shen Bi frowned and said, "Excluding the possibility of leaking secrets, that was just something he happened to think of! However, I think there is a deeper meaning behind what he said, and in the end he asked me to help him choose a good piece of land. The land I have here is all bad bank debts, and the location is not necessarily good."

"You said before that he has more than 7 billion dollars in his account?" The Governor did not dwell on the issue of leaking secrets. "Is he willing to buy a building on Hong Kong Island?"

"The price of the building is too high, he won't buy it!" Shen Bi immediately rejected the Governor's idea.

"No! I'm not talking about now." The Governor left his seat and walked to a map of Hong Kong Island on the wall. He pointed to the main island of Hong Kong and said, "After Mrs. Tie is rejected on the mainland, the prices of those buildings in Central should be reduced."

Most of the Eagles think that China will not compromise on the return of Hong Kong Island, but that stubborn lady wants to take advantage of the victory in the Falkland Islands to visit the mainland!

Shen Bi was not optimistic about Mrs. Tie's trip, so he quickly understood the Governor's intention and sold Yingzi's building to Zhang Heping, so that Yingzi would have money to build a new building and then drive up the housing prices!

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"Honey, the Guangdong Provincial Energy Research Institute called and said that China Power Company and a domestic joint venture of 40 billion yuan are preparing to use French nuclear power technology to build a nuclear power plant in Daya Bay. This project has been submitted to the capital for approval."

As soon as Zhang Heping returned home, his concubine Chen Shuting gave him some bombshell news.

"Oh! These Jewish businessmen dare to resist!" Zhang Heping said as he went into the bathroom to wash his hands. "How many shares of China Power do we have now?"

"9.2%!" Chen Shuting said at the bathroom door: "The first shareholder holds 35%, the second shareholder holds 20%, and the remaining 35.8% has not been traced yet."

Zhang Heping walked out of the bathroom and said casually, "Sell all the China Power shares we have, so that they can build the nuclear power plant without any worries."

"Honey, aren't we going to acquire China Light and Power Company?" Chen Shuting said, handing over the hand towel.

"No need for that!" Zhang Heping sat on the sofa, picked up today's newspaper, and said, "They are willing to introduce nuclear power technology to China, and the Guangdong Provincial Energy Research Institute called us specifically. Isn't their intention obvious?"

Chen Shuting snorted coldly, "I was just wondering why the Guangdong Energy Research Institute called our house. This kind of thing should have been conveyed by Hong Kong Island Electric. It turns out that they are here to sound the alarm for our family!"

"It's a good thing that you called to inform us." Zhang Heping frowned as he looked at the newspaper and said calmly, "Who will inform us about those Eagle countrymen who are planning to withdraw their investment and the group of real estate developers who are planning to secretly evacuate Hong Kong Island?"

Speaking of the Eagle Country guys, Chen Shuting suddenly became interested. She sat to the left of Zhang Heping and asked anxiously, "Husband, didn't you say you were going to buy some land?"

"I haven't bought it yet!" Zhang Heping said, throwing the newspaper in his hand on the coffee table, frowning and saying, "TVB really knows how to hype things up. They have a talent show, and even godfathers and godmothers are jealous of it!"

Chen Shuting glanced at the newspaper and smiled, "The TVB director said that it would be easier to attract advertising sponsorship if we did this."

Zhang Heping read a few more newspapers but didn't see anything useful, so he went to the study on the second floor and continued typing the antivirus software code.

There are now 12 computers in the study, with one on each of Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting's desks, and they have dual monitors.

There were five computers on each side of the long desk in the middle; the eldest son Zhang Bei occupied one of them and was teaching Tang Wei, the technical manager of the Umbrella Company, and his subordinates how to play games.

"Master!" When Tang Wei saw Zhang Heping coming back, he hurriedly dropped his mouse and keyboard and followed Zhang Heping to the big desk.

Then, the boy leaned close to Zhang Heping's ear and whispered, "Of the five college students you brought back, only the female college student called Ridao twice, while the other four boys did not."

Zhang Heping frowned and asked, "What did you say?"

Tang Wei said with a puzzled look: "It was a call to a female college student in Japan. She told her what she saw and heard in Hong Kong Island. It seemed normal, but she felt something was wrong."

This made Zhang Heping frown even more. "Do you have the monitoring tape?"

Tang Wei immediately took out a plastic box, took out the CD inside, and then put it into the CD-ROM drive of the computer host.

Zhang Heping put on his headphones and listened for a while, then frowned and said, "She was talking in too much detail. She wasn't chatting, she was reporting her whereabouts."

Zhang Heping thought for a moment before continuing, "Send her and two other male college students to TVB, Rediffusion Television, and Island Radio to be responsible for computer maintenance, and the other two male college students to the newspaper office."

"Master, do you still want to monitor them?"

"Just keep an eye on their whereabouts, no need to monitor their calls."

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After not receiving any news from Shen Bi for more than ten days, Zhang Heping began to suspect that the other party was stalling for time.

But thinking that it would take more than ten years for Yingzi to withdraw, and the other party would not offend him because of such a small matter, he put this idea aside for the time being and turned his attention to the high school selection for his eldest son Zhang Bei and second daughter Zhang Nan.

There are not many secondary schools in Hong Kong Island, and the teaching level is so-so. If you choose a school with Eagle-funded resources, it will be easier to go to university in the United States in the future because those teachers have recommendation places.

Zhang Heping accompanied his first wife Tang Xin and their two children on a tour of the city, and finally chose Hong Kong Island School at the foot of Victoria Peak, and decided on universities in Hong Kong Island and New Island.

Zhang Heping donated 2000 million Hong Kong dollars and 200 sets of computers to the middle school, allowing the Umbrella Company to smoothly take over the security of the school.

As for the quality of teaching, it will be guaranteed by the family tutor, and the eldest wife Tang Xin will also continue to pay attention to it, so you don’t have to worry too much about this issue.

As the children went into school, time flew by and it was September.

Father-in-law Tang Ming was still attending a meeting in the capital, which made mother-in-law Xu Jiefeng very unhappy, but she was unwilling to go to the capital.

The third generation of the Tang family has been quite busy recently because they need to distribute the 5 computers delivered by Japan and 3.5 computers in China, and provide related installation and operation guidance services.

Zhang Heping's brother-in-law Tang Ren, who used to be in charge of the Shenzhen ultra-thin color screen joint venture production factory, has been idle recently. When he has nothing to do, he comes to Zhang Heping's study to sit for a while, fiddle with the computer mouse, and check the posts on the World Internet Forum.

On September 9, after Mrs. Tie transferred flights from Hong Kong Island to the mainland, her brother-in-law Tang Ren, contrary to his usual behavior, held parties for three consecutive days, making the plain outside the villa very depressing!

On the afternoon of September 9, news came from the capital that Hong Kong Island must return on July 24, 1997. There was no room for negotiation and the mainland would not compromise!

The mainland's tough attitude left the Hong Kong businessmen present speechless, and each of them was considering the future of their family.

Because they are all capitalists!

Where to go? This is a big question!

It's related to the life and death of a family!

Even his eldest brother-in-law Tang Ren couldn't make up his mind, even though his father was still in the capital for a meeting...

The news appeared in Hong Kong newspapers the next day, but the lives of Hong Kong residents did not seem to be affected.

However, when this news was brewing on October 10, the price of industrial land in Kowloon Bay suddenly dropped to 1 yuan per square foot!

Compared with the highest price of 360 yuan per square foot in the previous year, the drop was as high as 93%!

The big price reduction promotion launched by the Hong Kong government really scared many people, and property prices, rents and land prices in Hong Kong Island fell accordingly.

Countless Hong Kong businessmen were frightened and sold their property at low prices and immigrated abroad in a hurry.

During this period, the group of rich ladies who were circled by Heping Real Estate came to the Zhang family one after another, hoping that the Zhang family could take over their real estate and land, which made Zhang Heping speechless.

He never expected that Shen Bi didn't help him buy the land because he had already anticipated that someone would be eager to sell real estate and land to his Zhang family.

What surprised Zhang Heping a little was that Jianing Company collapsed at this time!

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