Break out of the courtyard

The laptop computer was recently made by Zhang Heping. The 12-inch LCD screen, 16M memory, and 256MHz CPU are all available. Only the 2G hard drive, motherboard, casing, battery components, etc. will take some time to make.

By the way, this 7-centimeter-thick laptop is a bit disappointing, and Zhang Heping feels it is too thick.

Even so, the audience was still amazed and secretly speculated about the purpose and value of this computer.

The next day, the concubine Chen Shuting asked her lawyer to apply for an appearance patent for the laptop and included it in the bidding plan.

Just as Zhang Heping was negotiating with the Eagles about the land in Central Plaza, Director Wang brought the bidding team and Ma Xiuzhen to Hong Kong Island.

On the afternoon of December 12, when Zhang Heping met his mother Ma Xiuzhen, he unexpectedly saw Huang Wenli standing behind Director Wang.

"Organization committee member, long time no see!" Huang Xuemin's fourth daughter, Huang Wenli, greeted Zhang Heping, who had a slightly frown on his face.

"Please sit inside!" Zhang Heping nodded calmly, and then invited the person into Villa No. 118.

Zhang Heping guessed that Director Wang called Huang Wenli to discuss the computer bidding by taking advantage of the fact that Huang Xuemin had introduced a job to his mother Ma Xiuzhen, or by taking advantage of their friendship as classmates, to discuss the computer bidding.

"Wen Li is a college student who graduated in July this year. She studied economics at Shanghai University." Director Wang took the initiative to say when Zhang Heping brought tea leaves, "We were originally going to send her to study in Magnesium, but the higher-ups suddenly decided to let her come to your company to learn. Do you think it's okay?"

"I have no objection!" Zhang Heping poured tea while looking at his old classmate Huang Wenli, who had a complicated expression on her face. "What's your father's phone number? I need to ask your father!"

In the past two years, the Zhuang and Zhao families have not had any dealings with the Zhang family to avoid suspicion; the Huang family has moved there because Huang Xuemin went to Beihu Province to serve as an official.

Zhang Heping thought that given Huang Xuemin's power-hungry personality, he would probably not let his daughter come to Hong Kong Island to experience the influence of capitalists.

Huang Wenli, who was looking at the layout of the living room, was stunned for a moment, then gave out a number.

After Zhang Heping poured them tea, he picked up the black mobile phone on the coffee table and called Huang Xuemin.

Zhang Heping was a little surprised that his superiors asked Huang Wenli to come to his company to study. Could it be that they wanted to find out about his business trends?

"Hello! Uncle Huang, I'm Zhang Heping."

"Well, she's here...does it have any impact on you, Brother Yu, Brother Xuan and the others?"

"I just want to call you to confirm. Do you want to write down my phone number..."

After Zhang Heping hung up the phone, he rubbed his cell phone for a while, then asked Director Wang, "Auntie Wang, have you set a study time and study goals for Huang Wenli? What are the work arrangements after she finishes her studies?"

Director Wang seemed unaware of this and turned to look at Huang Wenli who was sitting next to him and twisting her fingers.

Huang Wenli glanced at Director Wang, then looked at Zhang Heping and shook her head, "I don't know either. This study assignment was given to me suddenly, and you asked me to come here and follow your arrangements."

"Have you signed the confidentiality agreement?" Zhang Heping asked with a frown?

"Yeah!" Huang Wenli nodded.

"If you want to learn business management, I can let you be the general manager's secretary in listed companies such as Hong Kong Island Electric, China Gas, Hong Kong Island Telecom, and Japan Island Telecom." Zhang Heping said lightly while playing with his mobile phone:

"If you are here to study finance, you can go to Huifeng Bank, Hong Kong Island Securities, or Nichido East Securities."

"If it's foreign trade, there's nothing you can learn from Tingmei Trading Company. Even though it makes a lot of money, there are only a few public relations, sales, custodians, and order takers inside, and the people who sell the goods are the distributors below."

"If you want to work for the Economic Restructuring Commission in the future, and you can speak Eagle language, you can study at the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong for a while. After you learn Japanese, we can also find a way to let you study at the Ministry of Finance of Japan."

"If the higher-ups asked you to find out about my financial movements, or anything else, you can't find out."

"So, you'd better call your superior and ask what you are being sent here to study, how long the study will take, and what kind of job you will do after you return?"

After he finished speaking, Zhang Heping pointed to the landline phone next to the sofa.

Zhang Heping's words were very straightforward.

But Huang Wenli shook her head and said, "I'm not online, and I don't know who to ask."

"Auntie Wang, I can only ask you to help her." Zhang Heping put down his mobile phone, picked up his teacup and said, "Don't be like those computer science students who come here and don't care about anything."

Wang Sumei had also heard about the dozen or so Mizuki university students who stayed in Japan and never came back. She heard that only five of them returned to Hong Kong Island and were still working in the company controlled by Zhang Heping.

"Okay!" Director Wang sat down next to the landline, picked up the receiver and dialed a number.

Zhang Heping glanced at his mother Ma Xiuzhen who was going downstairs after putting her luggage down, then looked at Huang Wenli and asked her what she had studied in college.

Huang Wenli is a college student of the class of 78, and the textbooks were all compiled by domestic professors.

"You can only study the textbooks behind closed doors. I have some economic books in my study room. You can take a look at them in the next few days." Zhang Heping glanced at Director Wang who was still on the phone, and said to Huang Wenli:

"With the Hong Kong government relaxing financial controls on Hong Kong Island, coupled with Hong Kong Island's simple tax system and low tax rates, as well as the Internet that I am currently working on, it won't be long before Hong Kong Island becomes an international financial center."

"If you don't seize the time to learn, it will be difficult to understand foreign capital operations."

Huang Wenli nodded, clasped her hands tightly together, and looked a little nervous.

"If you ask me, you should actually go to study in Eagle Country. State-owned enterprises there are being privatized, and many privatized enterprises have turned losses into profits." Zhang Heping continued, "The reform of state-owned enterprises in the mainland is actually also aimed at turning losses into profits, but the higher-ups dare not let go completely."

"The privatization of the Eagle State's state-owned enterprises has both advantages and disadvantages. The immediate benefit is that by selling the shares of state-owned enterprises, the Eagle State's finances have received a large sum of money, alleviating the fiscal deficit caused by the oil crisis in the past two years."

"The downside they pretend not to see is that after privatization, the companies will do everything they can to avoid and evade taxes, as well as exploit and squeeze workers."

"There will be no privatization in the country!" Huang Wenli argued: "We are a socialist country and will not take the capitalist path!"

Zhang Heping smiled and said, "You've heard of the saying of two systems, right?"

"Yeah!" Huang Wenli nodded.

"Whether it's a black cat or a white cat, as long as it can catch mice, it's a good cat!" Zhang Heping pointed at the teacup in front of Huang Wenli, "Try the Pu'er tea from Banna!"

"Hong Kong businessmen like to buy Pu'er tea because after a year of fermentation, Pu'er ripe tea can be used to make several more pots of tea than other teas without losing its color. It is often bought by tea restaurants and mahjong halls in Hong Kong Island and provided to customers for free."

"China's reform and opening up is like Pu'er tea. The color of the tea is very strong at first, but it will gradually fade after repeated soaking."

"In my opinion, whether it is strong tea or weak tea, good tea is the one that can quench people's thirst!"

"So, do you think that China will never privatize state-owned enterprises in the future? Think about this question carefully. Once you figure it out, you will be able to understand the direction of domestic reform and what you should learn!"

"Husband, who are you talking to about national affairs?" The concubine Chen Shuting walked in from outside with her little daughter Zhang Nuo in her arms, with a smile on her face.

"You..." Huang Wenli's eyes widened, pointing at Chen Shuting who had just come in, then looked at Tang Xin who was talking to Ma Xiuzhen, and asked in disbelief, "You have two wives?"

Zhang Heping did not answer the question, but changed the subject: "This is Huang Wenli, my junior high and high school classmate. She studied economics in China for several years and wanted to come to our company to study, but she didn't know what to study."

"Find her some books on business and management and let her read them first. We can discuss her future after the bidding meeting."

"Yes!" Chen Shuting responded, and then greeted Ma Xiuzhen and Wang Sumei. After handing her daughter Zhang Nuo to Ma Xiuzhen, she called Huang Wenli, who looked stunned, and said, "Student Huang, I'll take you to the study to pick out some books."

After Huang Wenli went upstairs, Director Wang, who had been holding the phone and pretending to be on the phone, hung up the phone and sat next to Zhang Heping, whispering, "The person in charge didn't ask, so it's probably arranged by other confidentiality departments. What are you going to do?"

"If she doesn't have a clear learning goal, I will arrange for her to study at the South China Morning Post for three months; it is an Eagle-language newspaper that covers global politics, economy, culture and other fields. It will help her practice Eagle language and understand the outside world as soon as possible."

"That's fine too!" Director Wang nodded and said, "I picked up this girl from your grandmother Yang's house. You know what she means, right?"

"It's not convenient for her to live here for a long time!" Zhang Heping thought for a moment and said, "There's a female bodyguard and her widowed mother living in a two-bedroom apartment in the Protection Umbrella Community downstairs. I'll arrange for Huang Wenli to live there, and then let the female bodyguard accompany her to and from get off work."

Director Wang smiled and said, "If you arrange it this way, I will have an explanation to Lao Yang."

"That's right!" Director Wang said seriously, "I called a meeting with the factory managers and engineers below. We think that if you continue to use 16M memory and a 256MHz CPU, it will be difficult to maintain the unit price of 1 magnesium yuan for the computer."

"So, we want to provide you with 32M memory and 512MHz CPU."

"I thought you wouldn't upgrade your products without my reminder!" Zhang Heping said with a faint smile, "I won't participate in tomorrow's bidding. However, as long as your products have competitive advantages in price, performance, and output, there is no problem with winning the bid for part of the output."

Director Wang asked: "My superiors asked me to ask you, will you continue to provide chip technology in the future?"

"The manufacturing process of silicon chips has reached its peak at 1 nanometer. I am going to build a hospital and research institute in Hong Kong Island soon, and will study optical chips and quantum chips in the future. Let them study silicon chips on their own, and I only provide technical advice." Zhang Heping explained:

"As for the research funding, you need to figure it out on your own. I won't make concessions like I did before!"

"Well, I understand what you mean. If we just rely on you to provide technology, it will be difficult for domestic research to make breakthroughs." Director Wang said solemnly: "In the future, I will find a way to retain the research funds and will not hand them all over again."

"What about those computer parts factories? What are they going to do?" Zhang Heping asked casually.

"You little brat, are you testing me?" Director Wang picked up the teacup and said with a smile, "If we can't export to earn foreign exchange, we can still sell it domestically and supply government agencies and factories."

"What about the brand?" Zhang Heping smiled and said, "This year is almost over, and Tingmei Trading Company hasn't decided on a brand for computers. Why don't you decide? You know, only by building a good brand can we keep our computer business going for a long time."

"For example, the Peace computers that Tingmei Trading will sell next year can contain Intel CPUs, Toshiba memory sticks, Sharp monitors and other accessories, but what are your products called?"

"We haven't really thought about this!" Director Wang frowned.

Zhang Heping smiled and said, "I think that after Huang Wenli has studied in Hong Kong Island for a while, she should be assigned to you and become your assistant. Please consider it."

"grandmother!"

"Hello, Grandma Wang!"

As the children came back from school, the Zhang family arranged dinner.

After dinner, Director Wang took Huang Wenli down the mountain.

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Outside the hotel arranged by China Resources, Director Wang waved goodbye to the Zhang family's driver. After the black Land Cruiser bulletproof car drove away, Director Wang looked at Huang Wenli who was holding two books.

"Based on the contact just now, tell me what you think of Zhang Heping." Director Wang said, and took Huang Wenli to the shadows next to the hotel.

Huang Wenli said with a hint of worry: "I think he has guessed that you are my superior."

"That's not important. What's important is that he's willing to teach you." Director Wang held Huang Wenli's hand, patted the back of her hand, and said, "So, you don't need to worry about whether he has guessed it or not. You have to know that he has tacitly agreed to this matter."

"Hmm!" Huang Wenli responded, then frowned and said, "I don't agree with what he said about privatizing state-owned enterprises, but he convinced me. I think he has grasped the direction of reform from above. Director Wang, do you think we will privatize state-owned enterprises and take the capitalist road?"

"No! We will definitely stick to the socialist path!" Director Wang replied without question, and then said: "However, it is possible to privatize a small number of state-owned enterprises for trial."

"You just graduated from school. You haven't really seen the prosperity of Hong Kong Island, nor do you understand the changes in Shenzhen in recent years. If you stay here for half a year, you will understand why Zhang Heping is so confident."

"But those are things for the future. How much do you think Zhang Heping has changed since before?"

"He..." Huang Wenli frowned as she recalled the past, and then thought about today's unexpected meeting, and shook her head and said, "He is still so smart. From calling my dad to planning my future study direction, he made me quickly let go of the alienation I felt after not seeing him for a long time."

"I just didn't expect that he would marry two wives. This is related to his behavior in Banna... He didn't have much contact with girls at that time. I heard that he rejected many Banna girls."

"You don't know yet, but he married his current wife at the age of 16!" Director Wang said with a smile.

"16 years old?" Huang Wenli looked at Director Wang in surprise, calculating the time silently in her heart, "He was actually before he went to the countryside... No wonder he rejected Liu Yuan, no wonder... But, he married two wives!"

"I heard from his mother that this concubine was brought in by the first wife. Polygamy was permitted by the law in Hong Kong at that time." Director Wang sighed, "The two brothers of his first wife each married five or six wives, so she had such feudal ideas."

"When you stay in Hong Kong Island for a long time, you will find that many wealthy people in Hong Kong Island have several wives."

"Then, you will find that among these rich people, Zhang Heping is a person who restrains his lust very well."

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