Break out of the courtyard

"Honey, what are you going to do with the money in the account?"

After Zhang Heping hung up the phone, his concubine Chen Shuting also started to care about the money.

"It's the end of the year. Let's transfer the money in Tingmei's trade account to the Heping Group account." Zhang Heping sat on the sofa, tapped the armrest with his right index finger, and said in a deep voice:

"After the four stock exchanges on Hong Kong Island adopted the electronic trading system, they started to buy back shares of Hong Kong Island Electric, China Gas, Star Ferry and Kai Tak Airport through privatization."

"Then, we started building nuclear power plants, chemical plants, water plants, and hospitals."

"Trade, energy, transportation, media, communications, security, banking, real estate, medical care..." Zhang Heping tapped with his right index finger, then paused and said with a frown:

"In January next year, Tingmei Trading will be incorporated into the Peace Group. After the merger and reorganization of Renewable Energy Co., Ltd. and Land, Sea and Air Co., Ltd., they will also be incorporated into the group. Your task is to adapt to the role of group manager as soon as possible and hand over the subsidiaries to the people below to manage."

"Honey, should we secretly buy some shares of Huifeng Bank and Standard Chartered Bank?" The concubine Chen Shuting said while taking notes: "We can ask Tang Lie and Tang Qiang to help us buy them."

Chen Shuting had this idea, which was somewhat influenced by the business model of the Nichima Group.

Zhang Heping picked up the newspaper on the coffee table and said calmly, "After the electronic trading system is officially launched, I will spread my purchases through the Internet. There is no need to alert the enemy now."

"Honey, do we really have to use bidding for next year's computer hardware purchases?"

"Well! When they sold computers for 9000 magnesium yuan at the Autumn Canton Fair, they should have understood the cruelty of the market!"

……

The news of Zhang Heping's return to Hong Kong Island has spread among the top circles in Hong Kong Island, but they have not found a reason to get together.

The best excuse, Tang Ren, was negotiating business in Taiwan at the time.

It was not until Tingmei Trading Company launched a bidding for the purchase of computer hardware that a group of Hong Kong and foreign businessmen found an excuse to approach the Zhang family.

The bidding items of Tingmei Trading this time are very detailed, including monitors, computer cases, keyboards, mice, power cords, memory sticks, central processing units, etc., which provide many opportunities for Hong Kong businessmen.

As a result, some small Hong Kong companies engaged in plastics business also dare to bid for plastic keyboards, mice, or plastic frames for hard drives in computer cases.

Even for the difficult memory sticks and central processing units, in addition to mainland companies, there are also Japanese companies, magnesium companies and other manufacturers participating in the bidding.

So, a few days later, Director Wang Sumei came to Hong Kong Island to find Zhang Heping.

However, Zhang Heping had already informed her about the bidding, and nothing changed because of his arrival.

"Heping, those factories were built to cooperate with you. You can't just say you don't need them!" Director Wang frowned and said, "If you think our price is too high, you can tell us directly. This is all negotiable."

Zhang Heping blew on his hot tea and said slowly, "Auntie Wang, the factory has been built for you, and the technology has been taught. I also purchased computers from you at a high price for so long. Whether you can adapt to the market depends on you."

"Young eagles cannot fly and will be pushed off the cliff by eagles. If China wants to reform and open up, it must adapt to the foreign market."

"Also, since China has approved the joint venture nuclear power plant project of China Power Company, I will not build a nuclear power plant with China."

"Hmm?" Director Wang looked at Zhang Heping in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Zhang Heping laughed and said, "Literally, they build their nuclear power plants, and I build mine. This is market competition!"

"Nuclear power plant?" Director Wang still didn't react. "Can you build a nuclear power plant?"

"Still learning!" Zhang Heping put down his teacup and asked the nanny to prepare dinner.

Director Wang hit a wall with Zhang Heping. After reporting the situation here, the reply he got was to send someone to bid and look for other buyers at the same time.

Because Tingmei Trading did not renew the contract, the number of computers delivered to the mainland in December increased by 12 sets to 5 sets.

Unfortunately, with a unit price of 7000 magnesium yuan per set of computers, only 547980 sets were delivered to the mainland this year, which is not even half of the order of Tingmei Trading Company.

The low production volume is one of the reasons why Zhang Heping refused to cooperate with them.

In addition, after they made money, they were unwilling to expand production, making it seem as if Zhang Heping was begging them to supply goods, and they didn't understand the priorities.

The last reason is that domestic lithography machines and etching machines are selling well; even South Korea and Taiwan have built 365-nanometer chip factories because of this.

Next, there will inevitably be a wave of chip price wars, and this public bidding by Tingmei Trading Company may very well be the fuse of this price war!

……

Because of this bidding, my brother-in-law Tang Ren and nephew Tang Lie also returned to Hong Kong Island for two days, mainly to bid for monitors and hard drives.

With them came a party.

December 12th was the 25th birthday of Zhang Feng, the fourth daughter of the Zhang family. A group of Chinese and foreigners gathered on the flat ground outside the Zhang family villa under the pretext of celebrating her birthday and chatting about business in Hong Kong.

As Zhang Heping made his computer hardware technology public, some businessmen laughed at Zhang Heping's stupidity, while others were secretly speculating on the Zhang family's next move.

After all, computer production is a very profitable business. Since the Zhang family dared to give up computer production, they must have other more profitable businesses.

Otherwise, how could the Zhang family become the invisible richest family in Hong Kong Island!

"Mr. Zhang, I heard that the 3.0T MRI equipment was designed by you. Why didn't Tingmei Trading ask for the sales rights, but instead asked us, China Resources, to find a buyer?" The person in charge of China Resources raised his wine glass and clinked it with Zhang Heping's.

"I thought they would follow Tingmei Trade's example and hold a global bidding meeting to make a name for themselves, but I didn't expect that they would directly assign it to you. What a waste of publicity." Zhang Heping explained with a smile, then looked at the people on the plain and asked:

"I heard that during my absence, many Chinese immigrants went abroad?"

"Hmm!" The head of China Resources stood beside Zhang Heping and frowned, "They are all people who have no confidence in the mainland."

"In the short term, foreign citizenship is indeed a little bit stronger than Hong Kong Island citizenship." Zhang Heping took a sip of champagne and continued: "In the long run, it still depends on cultural heritage."

"Hmm?" Mr. Rong from CITIC seemed to be passing by. Because of this sentence, he immediately walked over and asked, "Mr. Zhang, what do you mean by this?"

"What I mean is that the cultural heritage in foreign countries is not high. It seems free, but it is not free in reality. Over time, various problems will be exposed, such as corruption in various forms." Zhang Heping said as he clinked his glass with Mr. Rong's.

"That's right!" Mr. Rong from Zhongxin looked at a small circle of Eagle Country people. "The salaries of Eagle Country politicians are not high, but they are all very rich. The sun never sets is already setting."

"I heard that Mr. Zhang invested in a cancer treatment research institute in China and developed a lot of new drugs." The person in charge of China Resources laughed and said, "When I first heard the news, I was shocked. I never thought that Mr. Zhang also had medical skills."

"Will Mr. Zhang invest in healthcare next?" asked Mr. Rong from CITIC.

The two men had heard some about Zhang Heping's deeds in the mainland. They were not surprised that Zhang Heping invested in a cancer treatment research institute. Instead, they were more concerned about how the new drugs could be sold overseas.

"There are too many rules in the country. I plan to build a hospital and a research institute in Hong Kong Island." Zhang Heping did not hide his plan at all. Because he has the technology and money, he is not afraid of anyone hindering him in Hong Kong Island.

Zhong Xinrong agreed: "Medical skills are based on seniority, which is indeed not conducive to Mr. Zhang's medical research."

"Mr. Zhang, have you chosen a site for the hospital?" the China Resources official asked again.

"Not yet!" Zhang Heping frowned and said, "I'm still considering whether to set up a medical school to combine education, practice, and research and development. But if we do that, we'll need a lot of land!"

The person in charge of China Resources glanced at Mr. Rong and continued to ask, "Mr. Zhang, have you ever considered Shenzhen? There are still a lot of vacant land there."

Zhang Heping shook his head. "It's still the same problem. There are too many rules in China! Only in the open environment of Hong Kong Island can I build a world-class hospital and research institute. It's difficult in China!"

Zhongxin Rong Lao met the eyes of the head of China Resources, shook his head slightly, and changed the subject, "I heard that China is going to build a nuclear power plant in Daya Bay with China Power Company. When will Mr. Zhang initiate the acquisition of China Power Company?"

"China Light and Power has Mobil behind it. They have no shortage of funds. I don't want to go head-to-head with them." Zhang Heping looked at the Jewish businessmen on the edge of Pingba and said with a smile, "However, Hong Kong Island Electric will also have its own nuclear power plant. Let's wait and see!"

After he finished speaking, several Chinese businessmen came over and asked Zhang Heping about computers.

Zhang Heping chatted with them for a while and then talked about the electronic stock trading system. Then they went to find the major shareholders of the stock exchange and asked them what they thought.

In the end, it became Zhang Heping's problem.

"Aren't the computers you buy from the Japanese the same?" It's obvious that he's a layman when he says this.

The person in charge of the Kowloon Stock Exchange defended himself, "It's not that we don't want to buy cheap computers. The key is that the Japanese people's electronic stock trading system was built by Mr. Zhang in Dongdu. How can we trust the electronic stock trading system built by the Japanese people?"

"Mr. Zhang's computers are all equipped with security guards, which are more secure than foreigners' computers. All banks in Hong Kong use Mr. Zhang's computers." The person in charge of the Gold and Silver Stock Exchange said: "For the safety of customers' funds, we can only bite the bullet and buy Mr. Zhang's expensive computers."

The person in charge of the Far East Stock Exchange said, "Mr. Zhang, can you give me a better discount on this computer?"

"Follow the market!" Zhang Heping supported his right elbow holding the wine glass and said with a smile: "If the price of computer hardware drops, I can follow suit. It depends on the market. Besides, my computer is cheaper than the ones sold by the Chinese."

The person in charge of China Resources changed the subject and said, "I heard that the Hong Kong government approached you four stock exchanges to discuss a merger?"

Zhang Heping greeted the Chinese businessmen for a while, then went to the Eagles and found Shen Bi, the chairman of Huifeng Bank.

"We were just discussing which piece of land is suitable for building a hospital and a research institute, and Mr. Zhang just happened to come." Shen Bi smiled and said, "Manager Jim of the Land Company said that the vacant land north of Central Plaza can be sold to Mr. Zhang."

Jim, the manager of the Hong Kong Land Company, said hurriedly, "Mr. Zhang, if you think that piece of land is not enough, you can reclaim land to the north. The Governor of Hong Kong will definitely support medical construction."

"Are you talking about the vacant land on the other side of Victoria Harbour?" Zhang Heping suddenly became interested.

"That's the piece of land!" Shen Bi said with a smile, "I'm asking them if they can sell you all the old buildings in Central Plaza. If they're demolished, you can build a hospital building on the original site."

In Zhang Heping's memory, a convention and exhibition center was built on reclaimed land to the north of that piece of land, and was nicknamed the Turtle Head by the people of Hong Kong Island.

Later, some people in Hong Kong said that the glans was facing the mainland, which destroyed the feng shui of Hong Kong Island and led to the gradual decline of Hong Kong Island's economy.

Of course, this is all nonsense.

Zhang Heping raised his glass and clinked it with the glasses of the Eagle Country guys. "I remember there is a sewage filtration plant to the west of that piece of land, and there is a piece of land on the right that seems to be unfinished. Can we take over all of them?"

"This..." Shen Bi asked doubtfully, "Mr. Zhang, do you need so much land to build a hospital?"

In fact, Shen Bi wanted to ask Zhang Heping, do you want to build a nuclear power plant there?

"If the land is large enough, I plan to build a university or vocational school at the same time as the hospital and research institute," Zhang Heping explained with a smile:

"As you know, I have some computer skills, and the Internet is a new thing. Add medicine to it, and I have a computer school and a medical school."

"We will build another college of economics and trade to support the economic development of Hong Kong Island, so we will have three colleges. So, we should build a bigger site so that we don't have to find other places to build branches in the future."

Jim, the manager of the Land Company, smiled and said, "In that case, Mr. Zhang really has to choose that piece of land. As long as you take the left and right pieces of land, and then reclaim land to the north, you can at least solve the problem of the land needed for a college."

"If Mr. Zhang builds a school on that piece of land, I'm afraid it will surpass the Hong Kong Island University!" Shen Bi said, glancing at the watch on his left wrist, and said seriously: "If you want to take over the three pieces of land over there, it will probably cost this much."

Zhang Heping glanced at the OK sign that Shen Bi extended, estimated it to be 30 billion Hong Kong dollars, and said with a smile: "Chairman Shen is worried that I can't come up with this little money?"

"NO! NO! NO! I didn't mean that." Shen Bi waved his hands hastily, "I just want to confirm with Mr. Zhang."

"That piece of land!" Zhang Heping raised his glass and clinked it with Shen Bi's. He smiled and said, "Please ask Chairman Shen to help communicate with us. We can discuss in detail how I can cooperate when the time comes."

Jim, the manager of the Landmark Company, said with a smile: "With Chairman Shen's help, this matter is half done. Congratulations in advance to Mr. Zhang!"

"This school and research institute are both money-making monsters!" Zhang Heping clinked his glasses with a smile, "When you make charitable donations in the future, don't forget my school and research institute. Otherwise, don't blame me for charging high fees when you go to my hospital!"

"Mr. Zhang, what you said makes us afraid to get sick!"

“It’s best not to get sick! Cheers to your health!”

The Chinese businessmen are still testing Zhang Heping's next move, hoping to get a piece of the pie.

The Eagles, on the other hand, have already started selling off their assets, planning future real estate in Hong Kong Island, and planning future arbitrage and divestment.

Zhang Heping pretends to be ignorant even though he knows the truth. No matter whether you are pushing up the housing prices in Hong Kong Island or raising the exchange rate, as long as we make money together, we are friends.

However, the focus tonight is not on land business.

After the 5-layer cake was brought out, the birthday boy Zhang Feng, his brothers and sisters, and a group of people of the same age came out.

Make a wish, blow out the candles, and receive birthday presents!

When Zhang Heping handed over the gift he prepared for his daughter, the children around him urged her to open it.

Then, a laptop computer with a pink plastic shell appeared and turned on in full view of everyone...