Break out of the courtyard

"The higher-ups didn't approve your wholly-owned automobile factory!"

Zhang Heping was talking a lot, and Director Wang suddenly interrupted and said, "Some people are very dissatisfied with opening wholly-owned companies and factories in China!"

"So!" Zhang Heping said with a smile:

"I've changed my approach this time. As long as China buys shares of Hong Kong Island Renewable Energy Co., Ltd. and becomes the second or third largest shareholder, the thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plant project under Renewable Energy Co., Ltd. can still be considered a joint venture, hehe!"

Director Wang scolded, "You little brat, being a sole proprietor in China is considered capitalist, but investing abroad is not capitalist anymore?"

"Auntie Wang, everything depends on human effort!" Zhang Heping blew away the sawdust on the wood. "This capital operation is just like using banknotes. There is no distinction between capitalism and socialism. Domestic factories like to earn foreign exchange so much, which shows that they have accepted magnesium yuan."

"What is magnesium yuan? Isn't it the money of the country of magnesium?" Zhang Heping said with a smile: "In my opinion, money is capital."

"The magnesium dollar is the capital of the magnesium people. Isn't RMB our capital?"

"What does this prove? It proves that as long as money exists, it is impossible to strictly distinguish the nature of capital!"

"In my opinion, whether it is capitalist or socialist is not that important. What is important is to put people first, whether we can let rural children go to school, whether we can make people rich through hard work and not be restricted by rules and regulations."

"You always want me to invest in China, but I can't adapt to the people and things now! Just like I couldn't adapt to being transferred from Banna to Yundu."

"At that time, I just wanted to run a good school, with medicine, mechanics, and chemical engineering..." Zhang Heping stopped what he was doing and thought about his plans for Jingcheng School.

"Auntie Wang, you know what? At that time, I really didn't think about living in Hong Kong Island permanently." Zhang Heping recalled: "I wrote a lot of plans and teaching materials there. I helped the locals export and earn foreign exchange, thinking that after they made money, they would strongly support my construction plan."

"As a result, huh..." Zhang Heping shook his head, "They are not good at economics or education, but they are naturally good at officialdom, and they are all very skilled!"

"Auntie Wang, take those people back!" Zhang Heping's voice suddenly became serious. "I have the final say in my company, and I won't allow outsiders to dictate my decisions!"

"Tell them not to force me to go to Taiwan and wait for the next return!"

Wang Sumei naturally knew what Zhang Heping had done in Jingcheng, Xishuangbanna. The planning of an open school and the large number of basic textbooks edited by "Zhang Ping'an" and distributed to medical schools that are still in use today made her feel sorry for Zhang Heping.

This is also the reason why Director Wang Sumei and some people above her have always tolerated Zhang Heping!

"No need to carve!" Director Wang stood up and picked up a wooden sculpture on the table that showed Zhang Heping riding a bicycle with Tang Xin on it. "This would be the best birthday gift."

"If life could always be like the first time we met, why would the autumn wind make the painted fan sad? People's hearts change easily, yet they say that people's hearts change easily. After the conversation at Mount Li, the night was half over, and the rain and bell never complained. How about the unfaithful man in brocade clothes, who wished to be together forever."

"If only life could remain as it was when we first met!" Zhang Heping took the wood carving and wondered whether he should improve it.

"It's useless to overthink!" Director Wang said as he walked out, "You can buy your wife any gift and she will be happy, especially since you carved it yourself."

"I'm going to take my people back first. Hurry up and make plans for your nuclear power plant! Magnesium, money, capital, let's see how they refute it..."

Zhang Heping didn't pay any attention to the Nalan poems that Director Wang suddenly mentioned. She worked in an office before she retired. Besides reading newspapers, couldn't she read some other miscellaneous books?

After getting opinions from outsiders, Zhang Heping carved another wood sculpture, which was the scene when he rescued Tang Xin, took her to Houhai on a bicycle, and prepared to escape.

What he was dissatisfied with the wood sculpture of a cyclist before, he now thought, was that there were some pedestrians lying down carved behind the bicycle, and there was no need to keep them.

Because, these are the memories of him and his first wife Tang Xin, the memories of both of them!

With the help of Zhang Heping's master-level carving skills, the two little figures are naturally portrayed vividly, and even their clothes are exactly the same as they were back then.

Once the new wood sculpture is completed, all that remains is the post-processing of coloring and painting.

……

"Dad, it's time to eat!"

The second daughter Zhang Nan and the third daughter Zhang Nian, who had just finished singing rehearsal, were sent to the basement by someone to gather intelligence.

As a result, these two girls became traitors as soon as they came down.

"Mom asked us to come down to see what you were doing, and she also promised to buy us some jewelry." The third daughter, Zhang Nian, sat across the table and said with a smile, "Dad, what price are you going to offer? Do you want us to keep it a secret?"

Zhang Heping had been blackmailed by his fourth daughter Zhang Feng and three sons today. He responded skillfully, "Tell me! What do you two want?"

"Dad, can you take me and my sister to a nightclub?" The third daughter Zhang Nian said surprisingly: "I heard from those sisters who participated in Super Girl that if they don't make the top 3, they will be taken to nightclubs to sing and make money."

"Huh?" Zhang Heping was stunned for a moment. He heard something wrong from this sentence.

"Who told you that? What did she say exactly?" Zhang Heping put down his tools and went upstairs with his two daughters.

"You have to promise to take us to the nightclub first!" said the third daughter Zhang Nian, and threatened: "Otherwise, we may not keep it a secret for you!"

Zhang Heping looked at the watch on his left hand, thought about the finishing touches on the wood carving, and said, "I can take you to the nightclub to see it at 8 o'clock tonight."

"Great!" The third daughter Zhang Nian raised her hands excitedly, then looked at her second sister Zhang Nan.

The second daughter Zhang Nan said, "Dad, when we were backstage last night, a few girls gathered together and said that after the first two Super Girl competitions, only the top three got the chance to debut; many of the other contestants were tricked into going to nightclubs."

Zhang Heping frowned slightly and asked calmly, "So what do you want to do when you go to the nightclub?"

"Dad, can we rescue them?"

Hearing what his second daughter Zhang Nan said, Zhang Heping thought to himself, "As expected, the silly girl is too compassionate."

Zhang Heping usually doesn't mind other people's business. He educated them: "If they are your friends, you can help them according to the situation; if they are strangers, just help them call the police. That is what the Hong Kong police should do."

"Oh, okay!" Zhang Nan responded reluctantly.

On the other hand, the third daughter Zhang Nian was still immersed in the joy of going to the nightclub and didn't care about saving people at all.

After returning to the living room, Zhang Heping took his mobile phone and went outside to call Qu Zhouping, the general manager of ATV.

As expected, Manager Qu said this was the first time he heard of this.

Zhang Heping didn't say much about this. His original intention of calling the other party was to inform him that he knew about this.

If Manager Qu is involved in this matter, then he will have to take good care of himself!

If he is not involved, after hanging up the phone, he will most likely contact other people to ask.

Then it would depend on whether those nightclubs could hear the news and whether they would be more restrained, thus making Zhang Heping's trip tonight easier.

To this end, Zhang Heping called Wei Chunqiao, the general manager of the Umbrella Company, and asked him to investigate the incident in which the Super Girl contestants were deceived into going to a nightclub.

……

That night, when the Zhang family gathered in the living room watching TV, Wei Chunqiao came to the door of the villa but did not come in.

Tang Xin and Chen Shuting were wondering about Wei Chunqiao's purpose when they saw Zhang Heping stand up and walk out, with two little tails following him.

"Where are you going?" Tang Xin looked at her two daughters puzzledly.

"I'm going out to buy something!" Zhang Heping replied guiltily, then quickly walked out the door.

"I know!" The fourth daughter Zhang Feng suddenly shouted, scaring her two sisters so much that they ran out of the door.

"Daddy is taking them to a nightclub!"

Hearing Zhang Feng's voice from behind, Zhang Heping quickened his pace, almost jogging.

Fortunately, the two women believed in Zhang Heping and knew that he would not take his two daughters to do anything improper, so they did not chase him out.

Zhang Heping let his two daughters sit in the back seat, while he stood outside the passenger door and whispered a few words to Wei Chunqiao who followed him.

"Did you find anything?"

"Boss, there were 502 finalists in the first two Super Girls. The champions, runners-up and third-place winners of both contests all signed singing contracts with ATV. As for the other 496 people, only 121 of them have been found to be performing in nightclubs."

Zhang Heping asked, "Among these more than 100 people, how many were deceived or forced to go there?"

"Seventeen of them were forced to go there to help their parents or boyfriends pay off loan sharks. As for the others, no problems have been found so far. They may have gone there for the money, or they may have been afraid of retaliation and did not dare to tell our people over the phone."

"Among those 17 people, are there any in the Phoenix Totem Nightclub?"

Wei Chunqiao had not paid attention to this issue before, so he quickly made a phone call to inquire.

"There is a girl named Dou Liqian in Phoenix Totem, who ranked 31st last year. She also has a younger sister named Dou Liting, who ranked 13th after participating in Super Girl last night."

"Go to Phoenix Totem!"

……

The connections of Manager Qu of Rediffusion Television are gangsters who have invested in movies before, or those who played minor roles.

But on Wei Chunqiao's side, it was a bit messy.

Among them, there are gangsters whose arrogance was suppressed by the Umbrella Company's security department, small gangs that have fought with the Umbrella Company's property department for territory, and underworld bosses who have discussed with the Umbrella Company about their respective territories.

So, when Manager Qu called, the three cars of the Zhang family had already driven to Tsim Sha Tsui, which was indeed a bit slow.

"Boss, I found 15 people who were defrauded." Manager Qu's voice came over the phone.

Zhang Heping responded calmly: "You say!"

"The 15 contestants all have one thing in common: their families are all gamblers. I heard that their families were set up by someone and owed a lot of high-interest loans, so they were forced to perform or sell their bodies."

Combining the information from both sides, we can preliminarily conclude that the female contestant named Dou Liting may have done it on purpose last night!

I just don't know whether she was targeting the sisters Zhang Nan and Zhang Nian, or was casting a wider net and speaking to the girls who were competing for the top 8 last night.

Not long after, the Zhang family's three bulletproof Land Cruisers stopped in front of a small shop emitting purple-pink light.

If there weren't three flashing signs above the door, Zhang Heping wouldn't have believed that there was a nightclub in this three-story building.

Wei Chunqiao quickly walked to Zhang Heping who was getting out of the passenger seat and whispered, "Boss, this doesn't look like a nightclub. Instead, it looks a bit like a sex shop in Japan!"

The reason why the brothel was called such an elegant name was because two girls, Zhang Nan and Zhang Nian, were nearby and it was not convenient to say it too bluntly.

"This looks like a brothel. Do you still want to go in?" Zhang Heping said it bluntly, hoping to scare away his two ignorant daughters.

"I'll make a phone call and ask!" After saying this, the second daughter Zhang Nan immediately took out a white mobile phone for the elderly.

Little did she know that this action of hers made her father's face instantly darken by 6 points, with the remaining 4 points exposed under the flickering neon lights of the street.

Judging from the current situation, the second daughter Zhang Nan has obviously been deceived.

"Xiaoting, I'm outside the Fengtu Totem Nightclub you mentioned, but it doesn't look like a nightclub." Zhang Nan looked at the small building in front of him and said stupidly, "Yeah! My dad and my sister are here."

After the call was made, a heavily made-up girl ran out from the purple-pink light.

Then, perhaps she was frightened by the three drivers and six bodyguards behind Zhang Nan and Zhang Nian, so the woman turned around and ran into the small building without even saying hello.

In less than a minute, everyone in the building ran out the back door!

"One day!" Zhang Heping turned to look at Wei Chunqiao and said gloomily, "I'll give you one day. I want to see all the information related to this building and the people involved!"

After saying this, Zhang Heping called his two daughters, who had not yet figured out the situation, into the car and went to the Zhen nightclub on the next street.

Afterwards, Zhang Heping took his two daughters and bodyguards in to take a look without saying a word, which made the people watching the place very nervous, and even the manager was urgently called downstairs.

As a result, this still charming female manager only saw the backs of Zhang Heping and his group as they left.

"Why are the bodyguards from the Umbrella Company coming here?" The middle-aged female manager gave the gangster at the door with dissatisfaction.

"Not sure!" The thug watching the scene said hurriedly, "But looking at the young man in the lead and the two girls behind him, it's likely that some young boy has provoked those two girls, and they are now looking for him everywhere."

……

The gangster guessed half right, because not long after Zhang Heping left, Wei Chunqiao called a large group of people from the Umbrella Company to look for someone nearby!

After Wei Chunqiao told Tang Hu, Tang Wei and other department managers what happened tonight, everyone thought about it and guessed that the second and third daughters of the Zhang family might have been cheated, and concluded that Boss Zhang was very angry!

Therefore, all the security personnel and property staff of Umbrella Company who had no tasks tonight were called over.

This manhunt involving nearly 4,000 people was indeed frightening. Even the Governor of Hong Kong was alarmed and urgently contacted Shen Bi, the chairman of Huifeng Bank, to inquire about the situation.

However, the results that Shen Bi found out were really hard for the Eagle countrymen to understand.

Even if your two daughters, Boss Zhang, were cheated, the cheaters have been scared away now, and your two daughters are not hurt at all, so why make such a big fuss?

Time flies and it is the next morning, May 5nd, 22:9!

A video of the interrogation was urgently broadcasted on Rediffusion Television. The general content was that two Super Girl contestants, together with a group of hooligans, set up a trap to defraud other contestants, causing their families to owe huge amounts of usury, and then the female contestants were forced to perform and sell their bodies, etc...

"See clearly!" Zhang Heping said seriously to the three older girls who were watching TV on the sofa:

"In the future, there will be more and more people who will show you kindness for no reason. Then, they will ask you for help! Then, you should open your eyes and distinguish the pros and cons..."