Break out of the courtyard

"Let's eat!" When Tang Hu saw his son Tang Wei coming back, he didn't ask Zhang Heping about his reaction after learning about the bombing of Mitsubishi Bank's Hong Kong Island branch. He directly invited his family to the table and started eating lunch.

"Dad!" Tang Wei thoughtfully held his father Tang Hu's arm, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "Why do I feel that the master doesn't care much about what happened the night before yesterday!"

Tang Hu looked at his wife and young son at the dinner table, tilted his head and whispered, "Your master has already arranged for someone to handle it, bypassing me and Lao Wei. You should figure this out yourself."

After saying this, Tang Hu walked towards the dining table.

However, before he could sit down, there was a knock on his door.

"Mr. Wei?" After opening the door, Tang Wei looked at the cigarettes and alcohol that Wei Chunqiao brought, and his brows couldn't help but frown.

This boss with the missing arm was kicked out of the Tang family army after he became disabled. He had some prejudices against his father Tang Hu and other veterans with intact limbs, and he seldom gave gifts to them in recent years.

"Your father is at home!" Wei Chunqiao leaned over and looked into the house.

Because this row of apartment buildings all have the same structure and uniform decoration, Wei Chunqiao only took a glance at the bedroom door on the right and determined that the Tang family's kitchen and dining room were on the left.

Then, Wei Chunqiao looked at the wall on the left and asked loudly, "Is Manager Tang eating? Do you mind if I come to your house for a meal?"

Zhang Heping was so angry just now that he suspended Wei Chunqiao from his post on the spot. Even if Tang Hu didn't consider himself, he had to consider the future of his eldest son Tang Wei. He couldn't make Zhang Heping unhappy because of such a temporary outsider.

So, Tang Hu walked to the door with a fake smile on his face, "Excuse me, Lao Wei, we just finished lunch and put the dishes in the sink. We can't serve leftovers to our guests."

Tang Hu glanced at the bag of cigarettes and alcohol that Wei Chunqiao was carrying and said with a smile, "After this busy period, let's go to the restaurant at the foot of the mountain to drink some other day!"

Wei Chunqiao handed the bag of cigarettes and alcohol to Tang Wei, "Ah Wei, take this in, I want to talk to your dad."

"Mr. Wei, it's not a festival, there's no need to be so polite." Tang Wei took two steps back, avoiding the gifts of cigarettes and alcohol.

Tang Wei understood his father's position from the sentence "he had just finished lunch" and wondered why he would want that little thing.

Then, Tang Wei said to his father Tang Hu: "Dad, you guys chat!"

Tang Hu understood, went out, closed the door, and went to the viewing bridge next to it with Wei Chunqiao.

Tang Hu waited until Tang Wei and the others had finished their meal before returning home with a helpless look on his face.

Tang Wei took out the food left for his father from the pot and asked in confusion, "Dad, what did Mr. Wei want you to do?"

"What else could it be!" Tang Hu said speechlessly: "He doesn't even think about it. I can't even protect myself, how can I possibly beg for him!"

"Awei, remember this!" Tang Hu suddenly looked at his eldest son seriously and said, "No matter how the company changes in the future, no matter what you will be in charge of in the future, as long as you are still working with your master, you must follow what your master says. Don't learn from Old Wei!"

"Dad, from what you said, Mr. Wei is going to leave like this?"

"He can't read or write. He only got your master's approval because he followed your master closely and had no other thoughts." Tang Hu picked up the chopsticks and said while eating:

"To put it bluntly, if your master hadn't backed him up, who in the company would listen to him?"

"He doesn't even know his own weight. Just because he was praised a few times by his subordinates, he thought he was the boss of the company. He even dared to question the words of your master!"

"This time it's even more outrageous!" Tang Hu snorted coldly, "He thought he was smart enough to come back to clean up the mess, but in the end he was trying to absolve himself of his own responsibility!"

"He thought that by arresting a few corrupt managers, he could put the blame on our security department for the stolen hard drive the night before yesterday. Humph! Pig brain..."

...

Zhang Heping has not yet found out whether Yang Wenmao's theft of the hard drive is related to his second brother Tang Yi who is far away in Xindao.

In addition, Zhang Heping did not even find out why Yang Wenmao colluded with the Japanese islanders, nor did he find out the whereabouts of Yang Wenmao's family.

Therefore, Zhang Heping did not respond to the assurance of his brother-in-law Tang Ren.

In fact, Tang Ren himself was not sure either. He just wanted to use this guarantee to ease the relationship between the two families and avoid Zhang Heping's random guesses.

After saying this, Tang Ren and his eldest son Tang Lie flew to Xindao again, wanting to confirm finally whether Tang Yi was involved in stealing the hard drive.

Without the interference of outsiders, Zhang Heping was able to organize the bidding documents for the nuclear power plant construction much faster.

At 5:3 in the afternoon, the nurse came down from the third floor and reported that Zhao Jianguo had woken up. Only then did Zhang Heping put down his work.

"This is your hard drive!" Zhao Jianguo, who was lying on his side, saw Zhang Heping come into the room. He picked up the black hard drive next to the pillow and handed it to Zhang Heping who was walking towards him with some difficulty.

Snapped!

Zhang Heping took the hard drive and threw it to the ground without even looking at it, cursing, "A broken hard drive is gone, so what are you trying to show off?"

"Laugh! Laugh your ass off!"

Zhang Heping cursed angrily, then looked at the two injured men and two nurses in the room, "You two should get out first!"

The two nurses were from the Kowloon Tong Medical Center. After hearing Zhang Heping's instructions, they immediately walked out of the bedroom.

The two young male wounded soldiers picked up the broken hard drive and fragments on the ground and walked out angrily after seeing Zhao Jianguo nod.

The two young male wounded soldiers were ignorant and did not even close the door when they went out. Zhang Heping had to go over to lock the door, then move a stool to the bed and sit in front of Zhao Jianguo.

"Director Wang said that your job hasn't been decided yet..." Zhang Heping said this and began to worry about whether Zhao Jianguo should stay or go.

Zhao Jianguo, who was lying on his side on the bed, said weakly, "I was originally transferred to the North China branch of China Resources, but they suddenly wanted to restructure their shares, so all the people from the South China, East China, and North China departments were withdrawn."

"Don't talk to me about those useless things!" Zhang Heping said irritably, "I have come this far and there is no turning back. I can only wait for the mainland's policies to loosen up and for Hong Kong Island to return."

"But you are different!" Zhang Heping frowned and looked at Zhao Jianguo, saying seriously: "If you go back to the army, you can at least get a regimental rank now, which is better than staying with me!"

"No!" Although Zhao Jianguo was a little weak, he said this firmly. "If I go back, they will throw me into a mountain den and make me a savage. I won't be as free as here in Hong Kong Island."

Zhang Heping frowned even more deeply when he heard this. "You mean your father didn't agree to let you come to Hong Kong Island?"

"The old man can't find out where I am now. As long as you don't tip him off, he will just think that I am still in Xishu." Zhao Jianguo couldn't help laughing as he spoke.

Zhao Jianguo's father, Zhao Ziliang, Zhang Bing's old company commander, once helped Ma Xiuzhen find a job and solved the household registration and food supply issues for Ma Xiuzhen and Zhang Heping.

At that time, this was a life-saving grace.

So, when Zhang Heping heard that Zhao Jianguo's father was not aware of the matter, he had already made up his mind to send this old man back!

"Shekou is planning to set up a security company and want to provide security services to Hong Kong businessmen investing in the mainland. Some time ago, they also contacted the Umbrella Company and wanted to come and investigate and learn about the Umbrella Company's security business." Zhang Heping said while watching Zhao Jianguo's facial expression.

"I don't know when you came to Hong Kong Island, and I don't want to ask what mission you have been assigned. I already have enough mainlanders here, and you are not a big deal." Zhang Heping said seriously:

"But if you insist on staying with me, the future of your eldest brother, third brother, and fifth brother will definitely be affected!"

"If you can stay in Shencheng to support me and help me solve some official troubles and obstacles, that would be the best solution for us."

Zhao Jianguo lay on the bed, looking at Zhang Heping, whose face had not changed much. After a long while, he said in a complicated tone: "They want me to join your umbrella company and organize those mainlanders, saying that it can better protect you and your family."

"If you join Umbrella Corporation, how will we get along in the future?" Zhang Heping shook his head. "In order to prevent you from becoming my subordinate, I would rather not have the control of Umbrella Corporation. Just say a name, and he can become the head of Umbrella Corporation right now!"

"How about letting me be the head of Umbrella Corporation?" Zhao Jianguo laughed, but his wound twitched and his bloodless square face suddenly twisted.

"Get lost!" Zhang Heping said seriously, "I'm not kidding you!"

"My umbrella company is now full of cliques and factions. We have even divided our teams into internal bodyguards and external security teams. We have reached the point where we have to reorganize it." Zhang Heping frowned and said:

"If you become the security manager and organize those mainlanders, it will be of great help to me. But if that happens, we brothers will have nothing to do and will directly become a superior-subordinate relationship!"

"So, listen to me on this matter. If you want to develop in Shenzhen, I will give you money and technology. Just tell me what you want to do after you arrive in Shenzhen. I will fully support you!"

"Hehe!" Zhao Jianguo laughed and said, "Does this count as collusion between officials and businessmen?"

"Come on!" Zhang Heping heard the relaxation in the other party's tone, and stood up and said, "Your current level is not as high as mine. If you want to collude with me, you have to accumulate capital for a few years."

"You should take good care of your injuries first, and consider the security company in Shekou, or think of a military project. As long as you don't work for me, I can even invest in that uranium reactor nuclear power plant."

"Heping..." Zhao Jianguo was really touched when he heard that Zhang Heping cared about him and was willing to give so much.

"We are brothers for the same lifetime!" Zhang Heping said, turning to walk towards the door, leaving behind a cold and hard sentence, "After your injury is healed, I will take you to the Japanese islanders to get your place back!"

...

Computer room on the 3rd floor, Mitsubishi Bank, Hong Kong Island Branch, Central, Hong Kong Island.

"Don't worry!" The middle-aged Japanese man, Yoneyama Mori, confidently said to the thirty or so European and American people in the room: "There is an old saying in China that the most dangerous place is the safest place. It means that although our place seems dangerous, it is actually very safe."

"Don't worry, everyone!" The president of Mitsubishi Bank's Hong Kong Island branch said to the foreigners with a smile, "Because the first floor of our bank was attacked by a bomb, the Hong Kong police and the Flying Tigers are already guarding the surrounding area."

"Plus, we have our own security personnel in the building, so there will be no accidents. Unless Mr. Zhang doesn't want to stay in Hong Kong Island anymore, he will go crazy and attack us!"

The man from the country, Pete, crossed his arms over his chest, frowned and stared at the computer screen, and urged impatiently: "Can you crack this hard drive?"

...

"Report, the Goose Group sent a message that the general manager of the umbrella company has been suspended, and the eight corrupt managers have been asked to close their accounts themselves and then transferred to the property department as security guards."

"Has there been any punishment for the Umbrella Corporation's security manager?"

"There is no such information in the message sent back."

"Pay attention! With such a big incident, there's no reason not to punish the security department. Otherwise, how can we lead the team in the future!"

...

The next day, February 7th.

The financial manager of the Umbrella Company came to Zhang Heping's home early in the morning and reported to Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting in the living room about the eight corrupt managers' settlement of accounts.

The veterans in the Umbrella Corporation all know that Zhang Heping is a ruthless person.

Therefore, Zhang Heping gave the eight money-grubbing managers a chance to survive this time. Many veterans went to persuade them to correct their behavior actively to avoid being kicked out of the community.

Even so, three department managers and two managers had lost all their money long ago and were unable to fill the funding gap. They had to sell the apartments allocated by the Umbrella Company to the company at 3% off the market price, and then moved out of Renheyi Community.

After the financial manager of Umbrella Corporation left, the human resources manager came again to report on the personnel transfers within Umbrella Corporation.

Afterwards, managers from the property management department, cleaning department, logistics department and other departments of the Umbrella Company took the opportunity to show their faces in front of Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting.

"Hubby!" Chen Shuting asked Zhang Heping, who was sitting on the sofa, while no one was around: "Will you reinstate Wei Chunqiao as general manager? If the general manager issue is not resolved quickly, I'm afraid those department managers will have to come to our house several times a day."

"I'm still thinking about it!" Zhang Heping flipped through the newspapers from the past few days and said calmly, "We can't rush this matter. The personnel situation in the Umbrella Company is a bit chaotic, and some managers have started to appoint people based on personal connections!"

Chen Shuting sighed and said, "Nepotism is more troublesome than corruption!"

In the afternoon, when Zhang Heping went to see the site of the nuclear power plant construction bidding meeting, Director Wang Sumei brought Liu Yuan to Taiping Mountain.

Then, they saw Huang Wenli pushing Zhao Jianguo in a wheelchair, walking around the Renheyi community, followed by two male wounded people wrapped in bandages.

"Jianguo, you're being a little reckless this time!" Wang Sumei pushed Zhao Jianguo to the edge of the platform under the shade of a tree and frowned, "I just asked you to help investigate the whereabouts of the hard drive. Why did you rush into the Mitsubishi Bank Hong Kong Island Branch to rob it?"

Zhao Jianguo remained silent because the order he received was: the hard drive was in the computer room on the 3rd floor of Mitsubishi Bank's Hong Kong Island Branch and was being cracked by the Japanese. He needed to get the hard drive back as soon as possible!

"Forget it! Let's not talk about this!" Wang Sumei didn't get an answer, so she changed the subject and asked, "Your line was withdrawn yesterday. Now only the three of you wounded soldiers have yet to decide whether to stay or go."

"After you woke up, did you talk to Heping?"

"Can you stay here and be responsible for relevant intelligence gathering?"

Zhao Jianguo frowned and responded, "Zhang Heping doesn't agree with me staying in Hong Kong Island because of my dad!"

Zhao Laoliu deliberately said Zhang Heping's full name to create the illusion that they were not very close.

"As for your father..." Wang Sumei was silent again.

Because the old company commander Zhao Ziliang was a little difficult to talk to, he did not agree with his youngest son taking the risk and would rather let Zhao Jianguo stay in the mountain cave and become an unmarried middle-aged man.

"However, he suggested that I go to Shenzhen." Zhao Jianguo said half-truthfully, "But what can I do in Shenzhen? Which department should I be transferred to?"

"By the way, what's going on with Huang Wenli and Liu Yuan?" Zhao Jianguo asked in confusion, "Huang Wenli said she's studying finance and corporate management here. Will she go back after she finishes her studies?"

"And Liu Yuan, are they both in the same department as you? What does your department do specifically? Can I join?"

……