Break out of the courtyard

"You are releasing mobile phone communication technology and computer Internet technology. I can now understand that you are doing this to open up the market and make money by selling mobile phones and computers." Director Wang frowned and said:

"But now you are running a vocational training college, recruiting people in a half-teaching, half-internship mode. Isn't it true that all the technology in your company has been learned by foreigners?"

"Peace!" Liu Yuan interrupted again and said, "We actually want to ask you, what will we do if foreigners take our technology away and retaliate against us?"

"It's just like the Japanese learned our traditional Chinese medicine, registered international patents, and then turned around to restrict our export of traditional Chinese medicine."

Zhang Heping waved his hands, realizing that everything he had just said was in vain as they were still focusing on that bit of technology.

"Let me put it this way!" Zhang Heping leaned on the sofa, his right foot resting on his left knee, and said calmly, "Who owns the technology of the Heping Group?"

"Mine!" Zhang Heping pointed at his chest. "I'm not worried, so why are you worried?"

"I'm too lazy to even apply for a patent now. Why would I worry about someone else learning the technology I threw out?"

"Let me put it more bluntly!" Zhang Heping put down his right foot, took a sip from the teacup, looked at the two women who were listening attentively, and said, "I want to build Heping Group into a multinational company. My company is short of people from various countries."

"I've said before that the currency will inflate!" Zhang Heping put down his teacup and changed his way of thinking to explain to them, "When the amount of money in this world gradually increases and most people start to pay attention to 'money'..."

Zhang Heping rubbed his right thumb and index finger together to indicate that this was the "money"!

"You will find that the stance of those foreigners is not as firm as you think!"

"Once the Peace Group retains foreign technical talents, it is equivalent to retaining technology, which will in disguise break the technological blockade imposed by Europe and America on us."

"That's all for today!" Zhang Heping stood up to get the kettle and said helplessly, "I have to study and find ways to monetize my technology. I have to explain all this to you now..."

Zhang Heping did not continue complaining. He took the kettle and added some water to Director Wang and Liu Yuan's tea cups, then invited them to eat the snacks on the coffee table.

Director Wang picked up the teacup and saw Liu Yuan staring at her. She frowned and said, "Heping, I know that what we are doing will annoy you. But you have to understand how much we value you."

"Let's eat Shaqima!" Zhang Heping smiled and put a plate of snacks on the coffee table in front of Director Wang. "I am willing to explain so much because I don't want you to misunderstand me. I want to seek common ground while reserving differences."

"The mainland has to cross the river by feeling the stones because they are responsible for the livelihoods of too many people. If there is a slight mistake, tens of thousands of people will be affected." Zhang Heping picked up a biscuit and smiled:

"But I'm different. I've already jumped onto the small boat of Hong Kong Island!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand my business philosophy, and it doesn't matter if you don't understand the economic situation abroad. All you need to know is that I am waiting for the return to Hong Kong Island."

Seeing that Director Wang was only nodding and not following up on the main purpose of this visit, Liu Yuan couldn't help but interrupt again and said, "Heping, you haven't told us whether you can give us the quota for the first few batches of recruits."

"No!" Zhang Heping said calmly, "I've explained it so clearly. I didn't answer your question just now. I was rejecting you in a tactful way. Why did you have to say it so bluntly?"

"Also, I recruit students, so I have to charge tuition and accommodation fees, and the fees are very expensive!"

"Of course, if you perform well in the entrance exam, you can be exempted from tuition and miscellaneous fees!"

After being clearly rejected by Zhang Heping, Liu Yuan stopped talking.

She found that after many years, this old classmate had become much stronger.

In the past, when Zhang Heping was the organization committee member...

Liu Yuan was lost in thought for an unknown amount of time until a white hand was waved in front of her. She was shocked to find that there was a woman with familiar features standing next to her.

"Huang Wenli?"

"Liu Yuan!"

The two old classmates met, exchanged a few words, and then went outside to chat on the flat ground so as not to disturb the people in the house.

……

"Honey, most of Towngas' assets have been sold. The employees who are willing to go with us have signed contracts and been recruited into Renewable Energy Co., Ltd., and Towngas is now just an empty shell." Chen Shuting was in the kitchen, reporting to Zhang Heping on the recent progress of the company's restructuring.

The China Gas Company was the least cooperative, causing Chen Shuting to have to resort to some tricks.

She first asked China Gas Company to issue additional shares, allowing Renewable Energy Company Limited to take an absolute controlling stake of 68%.

Then, she asked the general manager of China Gas Company to use the funds from the private placement to purchase natural gas liquefaction storage equipment from a shell company in Japan.

After 50% of the purchase price was paid, the shell company could no longer be contacted, so the general manager resigned and later went to work as vice president of a renewable energy company.

At the same time, Chen Shuting also took the opportunity to dismiss a group of middle and senior management of the opposition in preparation for the subsequent sale of China Gas Company's assets.

Finally, she asked China Gas Company to use the proceeds from the sale of assets to repurchase the 68% shares held by Renewable Energy Co., Ltd., and distributed the repurchased shares to those outstanding employees who surrendered, who then sold them in batches.

"What did the law firm say?" Zhang Heping did not ask about the process because he was the one who came up with most of the ideas.

Chen Shuting smiled and said, "Lawyer Yan said that the only loophole is the shell company in Ridao. However, shareholders who oppose the reorganization can only go to Ridao to sue the shell company and get evidence of the whereabouts of the funds."

Zhang Heping glanced at Director Wang who was helping to wash vegetables in the kitchen and asked casually, "Did Huang Wenli participate in the whole process?"

"Yes!" Chen Shuting responded, "Many things were handed over to her for communication. She even went to the law firm for consultation several times, asking whether what we did was illegal."

At this point, Chen Shuting smiled and said, "Unfortunately, Hong Kong's securities laws currently do not cover the board's decision to sell off company assets, nor do they restrict employees from selling company shares after holding shares."

While waiting for the oil in the pan to heat up, Zhang Heping asked again, "What do the opposition say now?"

"They still refuse to give up and are looking for lawyers to sue us." Chen Shuting said coldly, "Those idiots don't even think about it. That was the decision of the board of directors of their China Gas Company. What does it have to do with our Renewable Energy Company?"

"We just chose to withdraw our investment after the restructuring failed. The employee stock ownership plan was decided by their board of directors."

"Where is the chairman of China Gas Company?" Zhang Heping asked the key person.

This chairman was parachuted in from Peace Group after Renewable Energy Limited took control of China Gas and made several adjustments to China Gas.

Chen Shuting smiled and said, "After he resigned, he went to Europe to open a store selling Dior daily chemical products."

"Give the opposition an ultimatum: within three days, sell all their stocks to us at 3 yuan per share, otherwise they will bear the consequences." As Zhang Heping's cold voice fell, a pot of cauliflower was poured into the pot, and it exploded with a loud sizzling sound.

……

What Zhang Heping didn't know was that while he was targeting the three shareholders of China Gas who opposed the restructuring at home, they were invited to attend a party hosted by shareholders of several Chinese banks.

In addition to a group of Chinese people, there were also some foreigners gathered in groups of three or five.

"All the tickets to the United States are booked, but there is still no booking information for Umbrella Company and Mr. Zhang. I guess they will not attend the Security Technology Exchange Conference."

"If Umbrella Corporation doesn't participate, they won't make their security technology public. What will we do then?"

"How about we cooperate with the banks in Japan and connect to their electronic banking transaction system?"

"No! I asked, and the six Japanese banks all use their own servers. They won't let us access them, saying there are security risks."

Just as the shareholders of these Chinese banks were whispering to each other, Tang Yi, the second son of the Tang family who had borrowed money from them, arrived!

"Mr. Tang!"

"Boss Tang, whether I can persuade your brother-in-law this time depends entirely on you!"

"Mr. Tang, if this can be accomplished, our nine banks will fully support your acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa shares!"

As soon as Tang Yi got off the plane, he was picked up by a car arranged by this group of people.

He originally didn't want to come, because he knew that his eldest brother Tang Ren didn't want to come out to persuade him, so it would be even more impossible for him, his estranged second uncle, to persuade Zhang Heping!

In addition, Tang Ning's matter had been delayed for so long and Zhang Heping had not been given an explanation, so Tang Yi had even less interest in getting involved in this matter.

However, after Zhang Heping cancelled the guarantee last time and asked Huifeng Bank to seize Tang Yi and others' Hutchison shares and urged them to repay the money, he borrowed money from four Chinese banks.

Therefore, when the chairmen of the four Chinese banks invited him, he had no choice but to come to Hong Kong Island for the sake of the hundreds of millions of loans.

Just now, when Zhang Heping's family was enjoying the cool air on the plain and chatting about some interesting things, Tang Yi, who had deliberately drunk a few more glasses, was helped back to his villa and did not look for Zhang Heping the whole night.

The next morning, Tang Yi replied to the bankers that Zhang Heping and his team would not go to Magnesium.

Then he flew back to New Island.

By the way, although his reply was not confirmed by Zhang Heping himself, it was accurate information obtained from the internal management of Umbrella Corporation, so he was not making it up.

……

As soon as Tang Yi left, Tang Hu, the manager of the Umbrella Security Department, came to report to Zhang Heping, "Second Master came to me last night and asked if you or anyone from our company would go to Magnesium to attend the Internet Security Technology Exchange Conference. I told him that we would not go, and he didn't ask again."

"Afterwards, I sent someone to check on the whereabouts of Second Master after he came back yesterday. We finally found out that after Second Master got off the plane, he went to the Hilton Hotel and attended a party hosted by those Chinese banks. People from Japan, Magnesium and Eagle countries were also present at the party."

Zhang Heping didn't care about these things, but asked in confusion: "I'm very curious, when and where did I offend your Second Master? He came back without even saying hello."

"This..." Tang Hu hesitated for a moment and said awkwardly: "It may be because the veterans on his side were not allowed to enter the security department."

"It's fine if you don't tell the truth!" Zhang Heping waved his hand to drive him away. "If Tang Lao Er doesn't want someone, how could he care about the lives of those people?"

"Son-in-law, how can I know what Second Master is thinking?" Tang Hu stood beside the sofa and said with a smile: "It's you who asked, I can only tell you my guess."

"Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that you let your second son Tang Hai do the color screen business, but not your eldest son Tang Lu."

"Tang Lu?" Zhang Heping frowned and thought about his nephew.

This guy didn't listen to him before. Tang Lie sold the Famicom production line, but Tang Lu was still doing the Famicom business in Xindao.

Therefore, Tang Lu failed Zhang Heping's obedience test and was not invited to participate in subsequent business.

Tang Lu was also very principled and never asked Zhang Heping for help.

Only the second son, Tang Hai, who knew that he would not inherit much of the family property and had the idea of ​​doing something big, would often look for Zhang Heping.

If Tang Hai had not sold the LCD display technical data to the Japanese privately, he might have been able to challenge Tang Lie and Tang Qiang in financial strength!

"I heard that Tang Lu wanted to seize Tang Hai's color screen factory, but Second Master sided with Tang Lu, causing Tang Hai to almost break off relations with them." Tang Hu explained, "I think Second Master might be angry with you because of this."

"They almost broke off relations?" Zhang Heping looked at Tang Hu in astonishment, "How come I didn't know about this?"

"Hehe..." Tang Hu scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "The old master will take care of it. Let's not talk nonsense."

Zhang Heping frowned and looked at Tang Hu for a while. When Tang Hu rubbed his hands awkwardly, he continued to ask, "Are there any other possibilities?"

"Another possibility is that he wanted to take a concubine at the beginning of the year, and his concubines complained about you not being promiscuous, and then they didn't treat him well, so they all went back to Xindao. I guess he took his anger out on you because of this."

Zhang Heping asked again: "No more?"

"Gone!" Tang Hu shook his head hurriedly.

"Okay! I'll ask your son!" Zhang Heping nodded and let Tang Hu go.

Then, Zhang Heping picked up his mobile phone, went out and called Tang Wei.

"Awei, do you know what Tang Lao Er thinks of me?"

Tang Wei on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that this master would even call him "Tang Lao Er", which showed that he was very dissatisfied with Tang Yi!

"Master, I'm not too clear about this. Do you need me to arrange for someone to monitor their phone calls?"

Zhang Heping frowned and thought about it. Tang Hu and Tang Wei were usually far away from Xindao and might not know about this matter. So he said slowly:

"No need to monitor, just keep an eye out for news in this area. Tang Lao Er came back drunk last night and left at dawn this morning. It's obvious that he has a lot of complaints about me!"

"Master, um..." Tang Wei paused on the other end of the phone, "Is it possible that he is embarrassed to see you because of Tangning's incident?"

"Given the shamelessness of Tang Lao Er in his fight for control of Hutchison Whampoa, this possibility is very small!"

After Zhang Heping talked with Tang Wei for a while, his children all walked out of the villa, said hello to him, and took the bus to school.

Director Wang and Liu Yuan, who had stayed at Zhang's house for one night, finished their breakfast and walked out of the villa.

"Heping!" Wang Sumei came to the edge of Pingba and said to Zhang Heping: "I discussed this with Liu Yuan all night last night. Do you think this will work?"

"Give us a set of exam papers for recruiting students in advance. Just similar exam questions will do. I'll take them back and select the candidates."

Zhang Heping heard this and knew that Director Wang's thinking had finally changed. He smiled and said, "Okay, when the time comes, I'll give you the recruitment test questions and you can take them back and help me select people."

"I'm not afraid of you arranging a student with connections, because after admission, those who fail the comprehensive assessment will be eliminated and transferred to other majors. If they fail the assessment three times in a row, they will be expelled."

"That's great!" Director Wang said with a smile, "We were still worried last night about how to send people to participate in the recruitment. Food and accommodation are a big problem."

Zhang Heping smiled and said, "Actually, there is a better solution, but I don't want to tell you. You need to think about it yourself. If you figure it out, you can almost follow my thinking."

A trace of surprise flashed across Director Wang's face, and then she looked at Liu Yuan, hoping that this girl, who was the same age as Zhang Heping, could help her think about it.

Liu Yuan met the gazes of Director Wang and Zhang Heping, and her brows gradually furrowed, because she did not expect that Zhang Heping would give the recruitment test questions directly to Director Wang and let Director Wang go back to select people.

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