Break out of the courtyard

Wang Sumei and Liu Yuan went back with doubts. They didn't know that Zhang Heping's so-called better solution was actually to let the Heping Group set up a branch in Shenzhen and run a school on its own.

Zhang Heping had the idea of ​​setting up a school there. He had previously tried to obtain policy support through wholly-owned car factories and nuclear power plants, but in the end he only got a 51% joint venture condition.

So, Zhang Heping didn't want to say anything and was too lazy to waste his breath.

Once he sets up companies, hospitals and schools in Hong Kong Island and releases the first batch of graduates, there should be major changes in mainland policies.

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As the date of the World Internet Security Technology Exchange Conference approaches, distributors associated with Tingmei Trading Company have responded that customs in countries such as Europe and America have seized a number of their goods on the grounds that Tingmei Trading Company's products have safety issues.

In response, Zhang Heping simply asked Tingmei Trading Company to calculate their losses and did not take any other action.

Tingmei Trading has always been engaged in offshore transactions, and does not engage in onshore transactions that require us to bear both freight risks and policy risks at the destination.

With the advantages of their products, there is no need to do such a troublesome business.

Therefore, if distributors fail to maintain good local political and business relations, resulting in their goods being seized by customs, they need to resolve the issue themselves.

Zhang Heping just wanted to understand how much effort those foreigners had put into forcing him to go to Magnesium for a meeting.

At the end of the month, Ou Yanzi, the president of Huaying Co., Ltd., called and said that he had been privately informed by Congressman Aso that the property tax and land tax that Nichima was preparing to study would not be implemented in the next few years.

Zhang Heping was reading the Japanese newspaper and recalling when Japan started to levy land tax when he received a tip-off from Congressman Aso. He thought that Japan would not increase land tax until the Japanese bubble burst.

Therefore, Zhang Heping gave up the idea of ​​letting Huayingxiong Co., Ltd. sell houses and land.

He started acquiring properties and land in Japan in 79. Although his investment returns more than doubled and the valuation exceeded 140 billion magnesium yuan, it was far from what he expected.

Putting aside the real estate and land in Japan, judging from the fact that Congressman Aso secretly tipped off the family, the people of Magnesium have begun to completely restrict the Zhang family's business for the sake of the Internet Security Technology Exchange Conference.

Unfortunately, the Japanese and the Magnesians were not on the same page, but this made Zhang Heping feel a lot more relieved. It was worth it that he had revealed to the former Mayor Suzuki in advance that he would make the source code of the Security Guard software public.

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On the morning of July 7st, when businessmen all over Hong Kong were discussing the possibility that Tingmei Trading Company would be sanctioned by OMRON, Zhang Heping was invited to visit the newly renovated China Resources Building.

"Old Yang, you are not nice enough!" Zhang Heping said to the chairman of China Resources who was standing at the entrance of the building as soon as he got out of the car:

"I asked someone and found out that the most you have invested in building this building is HK$8 million. I offered you HK$3 million at the beginning of the year, but you refused to sell it!"

The young chairman, who looked less than 50 years old, smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, at the beginning of the year, if someone had revealed that you were going to buy this building, I would have saved the money for decoration!"

Chairman Yang shook hands with Zhang Heping and said, "Please come in!"

"It's because those Eagle country guys wanted to secretly enclose the land. When they sold this land to me, they forced me to sign a confidentiality agreement." Zhang Heping gave a half-truthful explanation, and then entered the building with the other party.

"In order to avoid your commercial building, the hospital I originally planned to build here had to be moved to the Central Plaza next door."

Chairman Yang said with a smile, "I saw your design drawings from Chairman He, and I think we did the right thing by not selling this building."

"If you build it here, there's not enough land for you to build the largest hospital in Asia!"

Zhang Heping has some opinions about this building!

Because he had enclosed such a large piece of land, but there happened to be a nail household called China Resources Building, which forced him to move all the commercial buildings to the China Resources Building's side.

The area over at Central Plaza was large, and in order not to waste land, Zhang Heping simply widened the horizontal and vertical areas of the hospital building, and opened thirteen doors in the east, south, west and north to facilitate entry and exit.

"Was your building built at the end of December 79?" Zhang Heping looked at a plaque with red letters on a gold background on the wall, which contained information such as the construction unit and the general contractor.

"Yes!" Chairman Yang stood beside Zhang Heping and said with a smile, "It took more than two years in total, and it was not until September last year that the roof was successfully completed. Mr. Zhang, are you worried about your houses?"

Zhang Heping gave President He only one year to complete the project. Although the other party guaranteed on-time delivery after signing the general contracting agreement, Zhang Heping was somewhat worried about whether they could guarantee the quality if they rushed the project.

Chairman Yang saw that Zhang Heping did not answer, so he continued, "Don't worry about this. Since Chairman He and his team dared to take your project, it means that their company has done relevant evaluations."

“In addition, the reason why our building took more than two years to build was because of funding problems that arose in the middle of the process.”

Zhang Heping was aware of China Resources’ funding problem, which was actually the mainland’s deficit problem in the past two years.

"With Lao Yang's words as a guarantee, I feel much more at ease!" Zhang Heping said with a smile: "I have prepared the recruitment advertisement for Heping Vocational Training College, but I have not dared to publish it because I am worried about whether the school can be successfully opened in September next year!"

Chairman Yang ushered Zhang Heping into the elevator and said, "Mr. Zhang, I heard that you are going to publicly announce the acquisition of this piece of land today or tomorrow?"

"People from Heping Real Estate Company have already brought lawyers and reporters to the Hong Kong government to handle the formalities, and will try to announce it at noon today!" Zhang Heping responded with a smile.

A deputy general manager of China Resources who followed into the elevator said with a smile, "I heard that Mrs. Zhang will be turning 40 tomorrow. Mr. Zhang gave such a large piece of land to Heping Real Estate Company as a birthday gift for Mrs. Zhang, right?"

"No!" Zhang Heping smiled calmly, "Most of the properties and land under the Heping Group are managed by the Heping Real Estate Company, just like the Longdi Company you established last March, which is responsible for office leasing and building maintenance; it's just that the company's business is different."

The reason why Zhang Heping responded to the deputy general manager was not because he was familiar with him, but because he was the person in charge of South China and they might have to deal with him again in the future.

Zhang Heping didn't want to talk much about his first wife Tang Xin's birthday, because he didn't invite many people and the deputy general manager was not on the invitation list.

So, Zhang Heping changed the subject and said, "I heard that you are no longer the general agent for domestic foreign trade. What new moves will you make next?"

In the past, goods from the mainland could only be exported by resale through Hong Kong Island.

China Resources is the general agent for the export of mainland goods and is jokingly called the shadow foreign trade department.

The elevator reached the top floor and Chairman Yang led Zhang Heping into his large office. Zhang Heping waved his hand and did not let the two bodyguards who followed him enter the room.

After Zhang Heping entered the house, he walked to the window, stood at a height of more than 180 meters, and overlooked the nearby buildings.

Chairman Yang brought over two bottles of mineral water, handed one to Zhang Heping, and then stayed by the window. "We have held several meetings about the future of the company."

"Someone suggested joining your Heping Group. What do you think?" Chairman Yang said this without looking at Zhang Heping.

Therefore, Zhang Heping did not take this seriously and said with a smile: "I am a big capitalist with a black heart. If you dare to merge with me, aren't you afraid of becoming the second China Gas?"

Chairman Yang did not smile, but said in a serious tone: "We all know the conditions you offered to those shareholders of China Gas who opposed the restructuring. They were the ones who were asking for three times the share price at that time."

The black-hearted capitalist is the one who recently distributed flyers to throw dirty water on the boss behind the Renewable Energy Company.

Because the flyer did not name anyone, Zhang Heping spared them.

As for the media in Hong Kong Island, who would dare to act rashly without Zhang Heping's permission?

Freedom of the press, but that depends on whose news it is!

In Hong Kong Island, whoever dares to go against Zhang Heping, the big capitalist who controls three TV stations, six newspapers, and magazines of all sizes, will just revoke his press card and see if he still has freedom!

Regardless of whether what Chairman Yang said is true or false, Zhang Heping has no intention of acquiring China Resources because most of their management are from mainland China!

"Even if you don't become the general agent in the mainland, you can still achieve great success in any business with the connections you have accumulated before. There is no need to merge into the Heping Group." Zhang Heping refused.

"Besides, we are a family group, and the internal shares have been clearly arranged."

Chairman Yang unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip of mineral water before answering Zhang Heping's question, "Someone else has proposed setting up China Resources Group. Is Mr. Zhang willing to invest in it?"

"Not really!" Zhang Heping took the bottle of mineral water, twisted the cap but refused to drink. He frowned and asked, "If you are short of money, you can get a loan from Huifeng Bank. I can just call them."

"It's not about money!" Chairman Yang said with a complicated expression, "They want to use us as a pilot for a shareholding system."

"You're talking nonsense!" Zhang Heping tightened the bottle cap and wanted to say something, but due to the sensitive identities of both parties, the cost of saying the wrong thing would be very high.

So, after thinking it over again and again, Zhang Heping said: "If you want me to invest in you for a long time and don't want me to influence your decision, you can send someone to contact my aunt's investment company. If you have other ideas, send someone to contact my stepmother's investment company."

"This..." Chairman Yang hesitated for a while and asked, "Mr. Chen is in charge of my stepmother's investment company. We usually have contact with each other. But this aunt's investment company...it seems that there is only one financial officer and one accountant!"

Zhang Heping smiled and said, "Aunts only care about giving money and not about the growth of their children and nephews. Stepmothers not only have to give money, but also have to consider how to manage them. If they manage too strictly, they are bad stepmothers; if they manage too loosely, and their stepchildren fail to become useful, they will still be blamed on the stepmother."

"So, if you want me to invest in China Resources Group, you have to consider how you want me to enter."

"So that's what the names of these two companies mean!" Chairman Yang said with a smile, "After your two companies were established, I and other Chinese businessmen have guessed countless times, but we still can't figure out why it was your aunt or stepmother who invested in the companies instead of your biological mother."

When Zhang Heping heard this, he realized that the other party might not want him to invest in China Resources, and they probably had other shareholding plans.

"Chairman Yang asked me to come here today. Is there anything else?" Zhang Heping was ready to go back. He had a lot of things to do recently.

I came out this morning just to make it easier to deal with the Eagles.

If the land procedures on the Hong Kong government's side are not smooth, he will need to step in and talk to the Eagle Country guys.

He was invited to come to the China Resources Building, just to take a look at the vacant land here, and then wait for news from Xiaoyun and others from Heping Real Estate.

"Mr. Zhang, do you think it is possible to sell the shell company of Island Electric to our China Resources?" After Chairman Yang said this, he looked straight at Zhang Heping.

"After the reorganization of Renewable Energy Co., Ltd., it will use the shell of Hong Kong Island Electric to go public." Zhang Heping looked into the other party's eyes and said calmly: "If you need shell resources, you can consider the shell of China Gas."

Zhang Heping has already figured out the other party's intention. They are eyeing the residential gas business in Hong Kong Island, but Zhang Heping has not yet obtained the license of China Gas Company.

It is also for this reason that Zhang Heping offered a price of 2 yuan per share to buy back the shares of China Gas, a shell company.

Of course, he could also ask the Hong Kong government to re-apply for the relevant license, but that would make him owe a favor to the Eagle Americans.

Given the straightforward way of thinking of Europeans and Americans, if Zhang Heping asked to apply for a license, the Eagle Americans would probably put forward their conditions on the spot.

As for what the conditions were, Zhang Heping was too lazy to try. It was better to have less trouble than more.

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first!" Zhang Heping took the bottle of mineral water without even drinking a sip, turned around and walked towards the door.

Chairman Yang saw that the other party had revealed his purpose in one sentence. As he saw him off, he shamelessly asked, "Mr. Zhang, after the reorganization of your Renewable Energy Company, will it still do the loss-making natural gas business?"

Due to the oil crisis and the fact that liquefied natural gas was not yet popular, the cost of gas use in Hong Kong was very high, making it seem profitable to outsiders.

"Residents will continue to use gas! We have to do it even if it means losing money!" Zhang Heping said calmly: "In a few years, Renewable Energy Co., Ltd. will no longer use natural gas."

"No natural gas?" Chairman Yang was stunned for a moment, and then he saw Zhang Heping throwing the mineral water bottle into the trash can, which made him stop asking the question he originally wanted to ask.

We are all smart people, and smart people tend to think things are complicated.

Zhang Heping's habit of not drinking water from unknown sources when going out in Hong Kong Island made Chairman Yang mistakenly believe that Zhang Heping was expressing his dissatisfaction.

However, Chairman Yang had already acted very carefully and expressed himself very tactfully. Even the proposal to acquire the empty shell of China Gas was proposed by Zhang Heping himself.

He just didn't understand. Zhang Heping's Renewable Energy Company had already sold the shares of China Gas Company. Was it really that necessary?

Not long after Zhang Heping left, Chairman Yang of China Resources received information that Renewable Energy Co., Ltd. announced this morning that it would repurchase China Gas Company shares at a price of RMB 2 per share.

Only then did Chairman Yang realize that they were acting too hastily!

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China Resources lost its general agent in mainland China and established a group company to seek its own market, which was actually just the beginning.

In the future, many mainland factories that have been making losses year after year will have to find their own way out.

However, at this stage, what Hong Kong people are most concerned about is actually the negotiations with China Eagle.

So, Tang Ming, who was called back to celebrate the birthday of his fourth daughter Tang Xin, began to discuss the issue of Hong Kong's return and the countermeasures discussed in the country with Zhang Heping after seeing Zhang Heping return home.

The father-in-law spoke for a long time, but in the final analysis, he told Zhang Heping to trust his superiors and stay in Hong Kong Island with peace of mind.

Zhang Heping had no plans to go abroad, so he naturally would not refute his father-in-law Tang Ming. Instead, he briefly talked about the hospital and school he was going to set up in Hong Kong Island, and then asked about the situation in the country.

"After your security equipment was installed at the Capital Airport and the railway station, a lot of dangerous goods were indeed found. With the addition of the newly established armed police, the capital's public security has also improved a lot." Tang Ming frowned and said:

"However, it's hard to say about some places in other provinces. The higher-ups are discussing the issue of universal ID cards, and it's estimated that it will be implemented next year."

When Zhang Heping heard the word "ID card", he frowned, worried that the production of ID cards would delay the production of mobile phone cards and bank cards.

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