Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 562 1984 Busy Start

Although prices in Hong Kong Island have risen sharply, they have gradually been adapted to by locals and foreigners in Hong Kong Island after the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate stabilized.

Just look at this: on the first day of the 15th anniversary concert tour held by Taiwanese female singer Zheng Lijun at the Hong Kong Coliseum, not only were the more than seats in the inner stadium packed, but there were also thousands of people waiting outside and unwilling to leave.

Because Zheng Lijun's agency hired an umbrella company to be responsible for the security of the concert, and although there were many people on the first day, there was no major trouble, Tang Xin agreed to take Zhang Nan and her two sisters to the concert on the third day, Saturday.

As for Chen Shuting, Zhang Bei and the others, they were not very interested in this and did not go with them, which saved the bodyguards a lot of worry.

"Mom, it's a pity that you didn't go to the concert tonight!" As soon as Zhang Nan came back, he shared his experience at the concert with Chen Shuting in the study room, "It was packed again today!"

"I heard from Tang Wei that the three concerts held in the past three days attracted more than 3 audience members in total. There are three more concerts to come, and the number of audience members is expected to exceed 3."

Chen Shuting smiled and said, "When you were watching the concert, did you see the advertisements for our slimming tea, oral liquid, and Dior?"

"Hey! Those billboards are so big and flashing that anyone who can read can see them." Zhang Nan laughed, "In addition, the entrance is filled with posters of Zheng Lijun holding various Dior bags. It's hard not to see our ads."

Chen Shuting smiled, said nothing, and concentrated on reading the company's financial statements.

It’s the end of another year, and it’s time to close the accounts!

...

The decadent music from Hong Kong Island did not reach the Southwest Institute of Computer Science where Zhang Heping was working.

Zhang Heping went to the mold factory under the guise of visiting it, but he actually spent most of his time here looking at the "Galaxy" supercomputer.

If the International Atomic Energy Agency had not suddenly agreed to allow the mainland to become a member of their country and sent technical personnel over, Zhang Heping would not have left the southwest so quickly.

Sunday, May 1984, 1.

After Zhang Heping returned to the capital, he just went to Houhai's home to say hello, left his dirty clothes, and took a bus to Shougang to fulfill his previous promise to help them troubleshoot production process problems for automotive sheet materials, and by the way, wait for the results of the meeting between the Ministry of Nuclear Industry and foreigners.

He made it clear on the phone that foreigners would not be allowed to participate in the construction of the thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plant, but foreigners could be allowed to visit the trial operation phase after completion.

Although the issues at Shougang could not be fully investigated in a day or two, Zhang Heping was still delayed for most of the day on his first day at Shougang due to many problems there.

When he returned to No. 7 Courtyard on the north bank of Houhai Lake late at night in the snow, he saw that Chang Wen, Chang Le and their four siblings were still there and had not gone back to their next door home.

"It's so late, why don't you go back to bed?" Zhang Heping asked curiously, "Aren't you going to study tomorrow, Monday?"

"Uncle, our parents haven't come back yet."

"We are waiting for their call."

"Heping, have you had dinner?"

Zhang Heping listened to the explanations of his two nephews, looked at his mother Ma Xiuzhen and said, "Mom, I've eaten outside. What happened to my elder sister and the others? Why haven't they come back so late? Did something happen at work?"

Ma Xiuzhen was not very clear about her eldest daughter's job, so her second brother-in-law Zhang Yong explained, "Recently, the railway troops have collectively transferred to civilian jobs and merged into the Ministry of Railways; my eldest sister and her husband are busy receiving these transferred personnel."

Hearing that it was a minor personnel matter, Zhang Heping didn't take it seriously and instead asked about his second sister Zhang Pandidi's work situation.

"Sister, after you came back from the south, did your boss make any new work arrangements for you?"

It would have been better if Zhang Heping didn't ask, but this question made Zhang Panddy feel conflicted.

"Didn't they send a special team to Hong Kong Island in October?" Zhang Pandi frowned and said, "After that team came back, the higher-ups discussed sending a permanent special team to Hong Kong Island until the island's return. Then, someone in my unit asked me if I wanted to join the special team and be stationed in Hong Kong Island."

"What did Zhuang Lin say?" Zhang Heping frowned when he heard this.

After all, my second sister has two children and she also has to consider her married life. It is not appropriate for her to live in Hong Kong Island permanently, and it does not meet Zhang Heping's expectations of her.

Zhang Pandi looked at her husband and children, frowned and said, "Director Zhuang didn't ask me about this. It was people from other departments who asked. They were probably testing my attitude. I didn't give them a direct reply."

Looking at the expression of the second sister Zhang Pandidi, she seemed to be somewhat tempted, but because of her family, she was still struggling with the matter.

"If you agree to join this special team, you will be easily trapped in it. We will have to wait until after the 97th handover before we can make any personnel changes for you." Zhang Heping analyzed for his second sister:

"The downside is that the time investment is too high and you have to be separated from your family for a long time."

"The advantage is that being stationed there can broaden your international horizons, and after the 97 return, there is a high possibility that you will be promoted several levels."

"I don't really recommend you to join that special team!" Zhang Heping said seriously, "Our family doesn't have any big backers. If you want to move up as a woman, you must rely on solid political achievements."

"The only political achievement that Hong Kong and Macao can offer you is to attract investment from the mainland. The current policy has not been fully opened up, but many factories are already looking for Hong Kong businessmen to form joint ventures."

"Once policies that are favorable to foreign investment are introduced, more factories will want to form joint ventures and take advantage of the policies to do export business."

"Besides, I'm in Hong Kong Island, so you can go there anytime."

Zhang Pandi nodded, and then fell into silence, thinking about the people and things in the unit.

"Dad, Mom, Xiaobei and his friends will be back after the winter break, so please make sure you answer their calls. I'm quite busy recently, so you don't have to cook for me."

Just as Zhang Heping started talking to Lao Zhang and the others, the half-closed courtyard door was pushed open and Director Wang walked in with two nuclear experts.

"We just finished the meeting and called Shougang. When we learned that you had returned home, we rushed over." Director Wang Sumei walked into the main room with a smile.

"Auntie Wang, have you eaten?" Zhang Heping invited the two nuclear experts from Shanghai into the house while asking his nephew to give up his seat and pour tea.

"I ate some cookies during the meeting..."

Without waiting for Wang Sumei to finish speaking, Zhang Heping went out to the kitchen.

Seeing the room full of little kids, Wang Sumei hurried over, but she was not polite, "Just roll some noodles and drink some hot soup to warm your stomach."

After entering the kitchen, Wang Sumei stood aside and whispered about what was discussed at today's meeting, "The people of Magnesium and France brought up the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station again, hoping to use this cooperation to participate in the construction of our thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power station."

"Impossible!" Zhang Heping added some wood to the stove and said disdainfully, "Their technology is like a tractor. They want to exchange it for our tank technology. That's wishful thinking."

"Those foreigners are now afraid of nuclear power plant leaks and have canceled most of their nuclear power plant construction plans."

"And they once invested a lot of money in the research of thorium-based molten salt reactors, which they later abandoned..."

Zhang Heping paused and looked at the two nuclear experts who followed into the kitchen, and Zhang Yi who followed behind.

Seeing that everyone in the kitchen was looking at him, Zhang Yi hurriedly said, "Uncle, grandma asked me to tell you that there are dumplings in the refrigerator."

"Got it, go back to your room and watch TV first, I have something else to discuss here."

After sending his nephew away, Zhang Heping talked with Wang Sumei and the others for a while and finally reached a consensus.

"I will give you feedback later to whet the appetite of foreigners first. After the first thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plant is officially put into operation, we will consider whether to replace foreign technology." After Wang Sumei finished speaking, she quickly started to eat the dumplings in the bowl.

A nuclear expert saw that the meeting was over and asked hurriedly, "Mr. Zhang, the site in Taishan has been decided. Will we start building the nuclear power plant this month?"

"No hurry! Eat your dumplings first, before they get cold!" Zhang Heping pointed at the nuclear expert's bowl and continued:

"On the eve of the Chinese New Year on the 1st of next month, we will have the engineers resume work after the Chinese New Year. We will strive to complete the main structure within one year, assemble the equipment and supporting projects within two years, and strive to put it into trial operation in the third year!"

"You should spend the New Year with your family this year. You won't have as much time as you get busy later."

"Mr. Zhang!" another nuclear expert asked with a little concern: "I heard that in order to stabilize the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate this time, you used a lot of magnesium dollars to exchange for Hong Kong dollars. This money for building a nuclear power plant..."

Zhang Heping waved his hand and said confidently: "Don't worry about the funds! The money is in the Bank of China account. You can apply for the expenses according to the construction progress in the future."

"You guys eat first. I'll take a bowl of dumplings out to driver Xiao Zhou outside."

...

While Zhang Heping was busy in the capital, his concubine Chen Shuting was also busy.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was established today, and its first business was not to attract deposits, but to negotiate with an umbrella company about the transfer of electronic trading system technology to them.

Technology transfer is definitely not possible as it conflicts with Zhang Heping’s plan. The key point is that Zhang Heping is not at home.

The ICBC people did not discuss technology transfer, but instead asked about the electronic transaction system service fee; they wanted to use the planned domestic computers and server quotas, and only wanted to buy the Umbrella Company's software and after-sales services.

Then, the problem lies in the computer hardware!

The reason why Zhang Heping was so confident and promised Huifeng Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and the six major Japanese banks that they would compensate for all financial losses caused by software problems was that the security chip on the motherboard of Heping's computer was used in conjunction with the security guard, and neither was dispensable.

Therefore, when the ICBC people failed to negotiate with the technical department of the umbrella company, they asked the president of the Hong Kong Island branch of the Bank of China for help and introduced them to Chen Shuting.

As a result, when they arrived at Zhang's house on the Peak, they happened to see a group of shareholders of a small bank in Hong Kong Island guarding the door, each of them holding gifts of different sizes in their hands; after asking, they found out that they were birthday gifts for Zhang Heping.

For visitors like this who don't have an appointment and don't have a birthday party at the Zhang family, the security guards will not let them in or give gifts. They won't even make a phone call, and will just let the visitor call to ask if they can come in.

Look, after the people from ICBC arrived, they waited outside the door for a long time before they saw Chen Shuting coming back from outside by car.

After getting off the bus in the community, Chen Shuting returned to the gate, glanced at the shareholders of the small banks, frowned and asked, "What do you want?"

"Mr. Chen, today is Mr. Zhang's birthday. We have prepared some gifts. First, we wish Mr. Zhang a happy family and abundant wealth. Second, we want to thank you for your previous financial assistance, which helped us through the difficult times."

"Take everything back!" Chen Shuting waved her right hand. "People who often come to our house know that we don't like to display those vulgar things, nor do we like to accept gifts."

Chen Shuting refused to accept the gift, but did not deny that she had previously provided Hong Kong dollar savings assistance to Chinese banks in Hong Kong Island through the Bank of China to help them cope with the crisis of bank runs.

You know, in this crisis, if it weren’t for the Zhang family’s support of hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars, more than half of the Chinese banks in Hong Kong would have gone bankrupt!

Seeing Chen Shuting turning around to leave, another major shareholder of a Chinese bank spoke up, "Mr. Chen, the trial run of Huifeng Bank's new electronic trading system was successful. Can you build an electronic trading system for us next?"

"Wait a moment!" Chen Shuting said, and called the vice president of Tingmei Trading Company in front of these people.

Chen Shuting has been busy with financial matters recently and has not really cared about the supply of computer hardware.

As for domestic computer manufacturers, since Tingmei Trading has not renewed its orders since September, some special chips that are only installed in Heping computers have not been produced.

In addition, they were in a price war with Japanese computers, and the configuration and quality of these computers did not meet Tingmei Trading's requirements, so the production line needed to be readjusted.

All these adjustments delayed the delivery time of Tingmei Trading's computers and servers to after the New Year.

"After the New Year?" Chen Shuting frowned when she heard the news, but when she heard that the computer factory had an order that needed to be delivered urgently, there was nothing she could do. The first come first served rule still had to be followed.

After Chen Shuting hung up the phone, she frowned and said to the small bank shareholders, "Because this is a temporary computer order, we have to wait until the mainland factory finishes other orders before we can do our order. We expect to deliver it in February or March."

Some small shareholders of the bank could not wait any longer and asked, "Mr. Chen, can't we use Nissan computers?"

"The Umbrella Company made it very clear before!" Chen Shuting frowned and looked at the middle-aged man who wanted to take advantage of her, and said impatiently:

"You can use computers of other brands, but you will be responsible for any software problems and financial losses caused by them. If you think Peace computers are too expensive, you can go to Umbrella Corporation to change the agreement!"

After saying this, Chen Shuting turned around and walked into the community.

If it wasn't for selling computers to them, why would Chen Shuting waste so much time talking to them?

There are actually people who are so ignorant that they want to use Japanese computers!

The people from Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China who were originally watching the show became restless. It seemed that their purpose of coming here was to avoid using Heping computers and to use cheap domestic computers.

"Chairman Chen, I'm Xiao Sun from the Bank of China. Our president just made an appointment with you."

When Chen Shuting heard the noise behind her, she looked back, then looked at a security guard, pointed at the people from the Bank of China, and went straight home.

The guard obviously understood Chen Shuting's gesture. After confirming that the people from Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China did not carry any dangerous goods, he summoned six bodyguards in black and sent them to the flat land in front of the villa to wait. He did not let the five men enter the villa.

Chen Shuting just went home to tell Tang Xin and the others and asked them to eat first.

Then, she called Huang Wenli to go outside to the flat ground.

The ICBC guy was still a little unwilling to give up and asked if it was possible not to buy the Heping computer.

In response, Chen Shuting just glanced at Huang Wenli and asked her to explain to these mainlanders.

Huang Wenli knew the reason and patiently explained to the five people: "The security guards and electronic trading systems of the Umbrella Company are all bound to the security chip. If you don't buy Heping computers and servers, the Umbrella Company will not be able to guarantee the security of the trading system."

"If you can bear the relevant financial risks, you can use other brands of computers and servers to save money on hardware, but the umbrella company will not cover your financial losses."

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