Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 596 New Year Festival

"Why are you here?" Zhang Heping glanced around the restaurant but didn't see anyone from Tang Laoer's family.

"Uncle!"

"Brother-in-law!"

Zhang Heping nodded to his nephews, nieces and concubines who greeted him, and walked straight to the table where his father-in-law Tang Ming and his eldest brother-in-law Tang Ren were sitting.

Because Zhang Heping brought two outsiders with him, Tang Ren just smiled and greeted them without explaining their purpose.

It was not until the end of dinner, when Zhang Heping had sent Director Qi, Captain Yan, his parents and others into the taxi, that Tang Ren and his son explained their purpose to Zhang Heping.

"You want to build a color TV and automobile production factory in Magnesium?" Zhang Heping looked at his third nephew Tang Qiang who had a hopeful look on his face, and Tang Ren and Tang Lie, who had serious faces, and frowned and said, "If you have thought it through, just go ahead and do it. I will not participate, nor will I interfere."

"Uncle, the ultra-thin color screen joint venture factory has helped us contact the LCD color TV production line." The third nephew Tang Qiang said hopefully: "Can you help us contact a few automobile production lines?"

Zhang Heping said calmly, "Since you're in a hurry, I'll sell you the production line in the Shenzhen Heping Automobile Factory for only 5 million magnesium yuan."

Zhang Heping invested nearly 5 million magnesium yuan in total when he set up the automobile factory and the optical card factory. Selling them for 5 million now cannot be said to be expensive, because the technology involved is very valuable!

When Tang Qiang heard this, his expression froze. He didn't expect Zhang Heping to offer him such a high price!

In addition, Tang's father and son were unsure of Zhang Heping's attitude for a moment. Zhang Heping had just said that he would not interfere, but now he said that he wanted to sell the production line of Heping Automobile Factory to them, which seemed like a run on them.

The eldest nephew Tang Lie was looked at by his father and smiled awkwardly: "Uncle, we heard that Tingmei Trading is preparing to sell its automobile production line to foreign countries, so we came here to ask."

Zhang Heping walked towards the lobby of the Capital Hotel and said in a slightly indifferent tone, "Tingmei Trading's quotation for external automobile production lines is 10 billion magnesium yuan per set. If you can't afford it, don't bother me!"

The Tang family father and son looked at each other. Neither of them expected the price of a car production line to be so high!

It seems that the production line of Heping Automobile Factory is still at a 5% discount!

However, their plan to build a car factory in Magnesium is suspected of competing with Zhang Heping for the car business.

At this time, Zhang Heping was using the production line of the Heping Automobile Factory to squeeze them, as if to tell them that if they wanted to grab the automobile business, he might as well give them all the production lines of the Heping Automobile Factory and he would stop production!

After Zhang Heping went upstairs, his third nephew Tang Qiang went to the teahouse on the 4th floor and found Chen Shuting, who was being dragged by his mother to play mahjong, and asked:

"Aunt Chen, I heard that your Tingmei Trading wants to sell automobile production lines to the Japanese. How much do you offer per production line?"

Chen Shuting looked at the cards and said, "We don't sell by the strip, 80,000!"

"Then you are..." Tang Qiang said, looking at his mother, as if to say, "Play cards slowly, I'm asking about serious matters."

"The Heping Automobile Factory uses a combination of production lines and production islands, which involves many leading foreign technologies. Self-draw!" Chen Shuting pushed the cards down and said with a smile: "All the same color, self-draw!"

Tang Qiang asked anxiously: "Aunt Chen, you haven't told me the price of such a combined production line yet!"

"We offered the Japanese 10 billion magnesium yuan for a production line that can produce 10 vehicles a year." Chen Shuting said as she collected the money, "However, the Japanese have not given us a response since their last visit to the Heping Automobile Factory. I guess even if they want to buy it, they will only buy one set to study."

Tang Ren's second wife interrupted and said, "Shu Ting, your car production line is too expensive! You're asking for 10 billion magnesium yuan!"

"Why is this so expensive?" Chen Shuting said nonchalantly, "If an electric car sells for 1 magnesium yuan, and 1 cars are produced a year, it can sell for 10 billion magnesium yuan. Excluding the cost of materials and labor, if everything goes well, it will pay off in 10 to 3 years."

"Besides, the price of electricity in Europe and America has been cheap in recent years. This fuel-efficient electric car can be sold for 5 yuan per unit, and there are still many people who buy it."

The third concubine who was playing mahjong at the same table said, "Now that you mention it, this electric car production line seems to be really not expensive!"

Tang Qiang left the private room and walked to the booth where his father and elder brother were sitting. He picked up the teacup and took a sip. After a moment of silence, he said to his father, "Tingmei Trading's offer to the Japanese is one billion magnesium yuan for a car production line with an annual output of 10 vehicles!"

Even though Tang Ren and Tang Lie were mentally prepared and felt that Zhang Heping had not deceived them, they still found it difficult to accept such a high offer.

Although they have made a lot of money over the years, with the expansion of mobile phone production, research and development, and some other investments, the cash flow they can gather does not exceed 3 million yuan.

"If we use equity as collateral for mortgage loans, it won't be a problem to borrow 17 billion magnesium yuan!" Tang Lie frowned and said, "But I feel that my uncle doesn't want us to get involved in car production, otherwise he wouldn't have mentioned selling the Heping Automobile Factory production line just now."

"My uncle's business has been sanctioned by the Magnesium Country for so long, and the losses must be huge. It's normal for him to be dissatisfied with the Magnesium Country!" Tang Qiang looked at his father Tang Ren who remained silent and said:

"Dad, why don't we just not invest in the electric car factory? We can just report back to Grandpa and ask them to send someone to negotiate with Tingmei Trade about the car production line. We will only invest in the LCD TV factory in Magnesium Country."

Tang Ren nodded slightly, "This is the only way!"

...

The next day, February 2th, was New Year’s Eve.

Because his elder brother Tang Zhi came to Hong Kong Island, his father-in-law Tang Ming had to bring his wife Xu Jiefeng and follow Tang Ren and others back to Hong Kong Island to celebrate the New Year.

When Zhang Heping heard that Tang Xin's uncle Tang Zhi was here, he immediately thought of Tang Ren and the others' recent pro-Mg behavior, probably influenced by Tang Zhi from Taiwan.

So, he declined the invitation to return to Hong Kong Island to celebrate the New Year on the grounds that he wanted to spend the New Year with his parents.

He is in no hurry to deal with the Magnesians now, because he is still waiting for the trade conflict between Japan and Magnesium to escalate, and also for this year's Plaza Accord.

In addition, he is still waiting for OMG's Internet to connect to Hong Kong Island!

Only after opening up the Internet and connecting to OME's financial trading system, will Zhang Heping play the capitalist game with those bandits!

Zhang Heping and his family strolled on the street for half an afternoon, then went to the Capital Workers' Stadium early to queue up, carrying large and small bags of snacks and a telescope for each person.

After Zhang Heping and his family entered the venue, they looked at the simple lighting equipment around the open-air stage and shook their heads. What kind of evening party could they hold with such little lighting? They couldn't even see clearly if they sat far away.

Fortunately, Director Wang used his connections to find them tickets. They were in the third or fourth row on the left side of the stage, slightly higher than the stage and not too far away.

When it got dark, the first Peking Opera show "A Hundred Monkeys Welcoming the Spring" came on stage. The audience around could not help but exclaim in surprise, asking one after another whether this year's zodiac sign was Ox.

Zhang Heping doesn't care much about the 12 zodiac signs. There is a lack of variety shows in the mainland these days, so it's good to have something to watch, not to mention that children like to watch them.

Suddenly, there was a burst of laughter all around. It turned out that the Monkey King, who was hanging on a wire, hit something when he was flying down from a great height, and his body tilted and fell into the darkness.

The Monkey King made a mistake in his performance, and the person in charge of lighting from above immediately cancelled the close-up lighting of the Monkey King so that other staff members could check what happened to the Monkey King.

There were 35 programs in total, including 3 programs with songs by singers from Hong Kong Island, and a program in which the first Chinese mayor of Magnesium sang "Descendants of the Dragon".

Apart from the dim lighting and a few minor mistakes in the performance, everything else about this evening party was acceptable.

If Zhang Heping had not studied lighting at the Capital Academy of Drama, he might have accepted that lighting.

After all, the whole family brought binoculars with them, so compared to other people, especially those sitting far away, they could still see very clearly.

After the show, Zhang Heping and his family got into the taxi that they had paid a high price to wait outside, as well as the three Hongqi sedans, and returned to Villa No. 3-5 in Yard No. 11 Wanshou Road to prepare to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year.

As a result, when the car arrived at the villa, it was already 1 o'clock on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The family members separated into different rooms and slept together for a few hours, then went out together to pay New Year's greetings early in the morning.

The old company commander was at home, but when he talked about Zhao Jianguo's son, the old father was helpless, saying that the son was still in Laoshan and hadn't returned. The Zhang family went to Uncle Zhuang's house to sit for a while. Grandma Yang asked about the work of the eldest sister Zhang Zhaodi, and tentatively asked Zhang Zhaodi if she was willing to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau. As a result, this silly sister with no ambition refused to go, thinking that it was good to go to get off work with her man.

However, Grandma Yang’s granddaughter Zhuang Lin revealed that Director Yin of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office is very likely to be transferred to the Hong Kong Island Special Group.

Zhang Heping felt that Director Zhuang was hinting to his second sister Zhang Pandi that if she made some moves, she would have a chance to become the office director.

But Zhang Pandi shook her head and said, "Director Yin told me about this privately. She said that a director might be sent over to ensure unity of thought."

"Take your time! You have only been working at the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office for 8 months. How can we let you be the person in charge?" Zhang Heping consoled them and said goodbye to Uncle Zhuang and the others.

When they arrived at Director Wang's house next door, everyone just exchanged a few polite words and then Zhang Heping and his friends left.

It must be because Zhang Heping has a good relationship with Director Wang that he would leave without even sitting for a moment.

After greeting the three close families, we started greeting each other separately again.

The parents went to visit their old comrade, and Zhang Heping went to the hospital.

Zhang Heping arrived at the family area of ​​Xuanwu Hospital, but was stopped outside the door by Director Zhao.

Director Zhao of the Department of Neurosurgery looked at the suitcase behind Zhang Heping and said seriously, "People can come in, but things can't."

"Okay!" Zhang Heping walked into the house with empty hands and a smile on his face.

Then, the Zhao family was helpless, because Zhang Heping had sent a similar suitcase last year, and they later learned the value of the gifts in the suitcase, so they could not just turn a blind eye to the unattended suitcase outside the door, nor could they ignore it.

The main reason is that the gift Zhang Heping gave is too expensive. Even if Lao Zhao doesn’t want it, he can’t let the suitcase be dragged away by others!

So, the door of the originally warm home had to be left open because it had to be opened to check the suitcase that could not be brought into the house.

"Doctor Wang's progress at the Shenzhen Neurosurgery Institute is going very well." Zhang Heping said with a smile, "But, can you arrange for some of your disciples to go to the Peace Hospital in Hong Kong Island to provide support?"

"Last time, there was a patient with a brain injury in a car accident. Because no doctor dared to open the skull, they called me to perform surgery in the middle of the night. What do you think of this? Should I still do other research?"

"Humph!" Director Zhao sneered, "The sugar-coated bullets you gave to Dean Lu and his men have already spread throughout the domestic hospitals. Why do you need me to help you find someone now? If you make a call, I don't know how many people will resign and follow you to Hong Kong Island."

"Those who make missiles are not as good as those who sell tea eggs, and those who hold scalpels are not as good as those who hold razors." Zhang Heping laughed and said, "I am increasing the salaries of those doctors so that they won't quit and become barbers!"

"You don't have to worry about this!" Director Zhao said sternly, "President Lu has already applied to China, and with the videos of you teaching in the hospital, they are already discussing the second batch of people going to Hong Kong for exchange and study."

"That's great!" Zhang Heping stood up and said, "When I get rid of the teaching in the hospital, I will concentrate on the Great Health and Medical Research Institute."

"What is the main research of your research institute?" Director Zhao was a little confused. The main reason was that there was a cancer treatment institute and a neurosurgery institute in Shenzhen, and he didn't know whether Zhang Heping's funds were enough to support so many research projects.

"The HIV I warned about last year has not been taken seriously by countries around the world. There may be a wave of acute AIDS patients this year or next. I need to come up with a convenient test method and blocking drugs." Zhang Heping frowned and said:

"In addition, we need to research some medical cosmetic drugs and equipment to make money to support subsequent medical research."

Director Zhao nodded and said, "I only know neurosurgery. If you need anything, you can talk to Dean Lu. He is better at talking than I am."

"Hehe! Okay, I won't bother you anymore. I still have to go to the Harmonious Hospital." After Zhang Heping finished speaking, he ran out in a flash, scaring the Zhao family members outside.

Director Zhao walked quickly to the door, looked at Zhang Heping running downstairs, and shouted, "You little bastard, take your box away!"

"My name isn't written on the box, so how do you know it's my New Year gift!" Zhang Heping shouted without even turning his head, and ran away.

The Zhao family's daughter-in-law asked expectantly, "Dad, what should we do with this box?"

"The monk may run away, but the temple cannot!" Director Zhao snorted coldly, told his son to take the suitcase, and went out to return the things.

As a result, when they arrived at No. 7 Courtyard on the north bank of Houhai, they saw an iron guard hanging on the door. After asking the people setting up stalls nearby, they learned that the Zhang family had moved a few days ago and that the yard was going to be demolished and rebuilt.

"Dad!" Director Zhao's son said with a guilty conscience, "We received a box of gifts last year, and I'm afraid we won't be able to return this box this year. How about we prepare some New Year gifts next year to return the gift to that young man?"

If there is a first, there will be a second, and there will be a third. Moreover, after the eldest son's wife used those Dior daily chemical products, she has been looking forward to Zhang Heping's visit to his father-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings again this year.

Director Zhao had no choice but to return home, while Zhang Heping went to the Cancer Treatment Institute of Harmony Hospital to visit the researchers who were still working hard on their research.

"Director Zhang!"

Deputy Director Zhou, who had been peering out the door today, ran out of the warm research institute as soon as he saw Zhang Heping dragging three large suitcases, and rushed to greet him, "I'll help you!"

Zhang Heping smiled and looked at the deputy director in charge of personnel and finance, and asked, "You haven't added any staff recently?"

Deputy Director Zhou said hurriedly: "In June, a group of graduates were assigned to fill the vacancies of the group of people who were transferred to the Shenzhen Cancer Treatment Institute. Since then, no more people have been added."

Zhang Heping let the other party drag away the two suitcases and said with a smile: "I originally thought that at least one of you and Deputy Director Qin would be transferred to Shenzhen, but I didn't expect that neither of you would go. Do you know how much the director of the Shenzhen Cancer Treatment Institute earns?"

Deputy Director Zhou said helplessly: "Director Zhang, please don't tempt us! Lao Qin and I both have families to support. Several children are studying, and we need to find connections to choose schools in the future. If we go to the south, it will be difficult for our families!"

"Then I won't tempt you!" Zhang Heping said with a smile, "This year, the dual-track pricing system has been implemented, and many things have increased in price. It just so happens that you are on duty today. Bring me the payroll later, and I'll see how much bonus I should give you this year."

"Hehe!" Deputy Director Zhou couldn't close his mouth when he heard this.

The salaries of the employees of the Cancer Treatment Institute of Harmony Hospital are naturally paid by Harmony Hospital.

However, Zhang Heping had asked them to apply for some anti-cancer drug patents and used the patent licensing fees to support the follow-up research of this cancer treatment institute.

In other words, the Cancer Treatment Institute of Harmonious Hospital has its own slush fund, and Zhang Heping, as the director, naturally has the power to use the slush fund!

Therefore, he has the final say on whether to increase bonuses or provide benefits to employees in the institute. Afterwards, Deputy Director Zhou will do the accounting and report to the Finance Department of Harmonious Hospital.

After comforting the researchers who had rushed over after hearing the news, as well as Deputy Director Qin, Zhang Heping signed the application report for increasing the bonuses for the institute's employees, then left.

He usually keeps in contact with the two cancer treatment research institutes in the capital, and in Shenzhen, by phone. It's not like he has completely abandoned them, so there's no need for too much small talk. He can win the hearts of these innocent researchers by coming back every year to distribute some benefits and increase bonuses.

After leaving the hospital, Zhang Heping got on the car to go home.

He actually wanted to give a gift to Mr. Hua, the leader of their secret department, but Director Wang did not take him with him, which means that Mr. Hua had informed Director Wang in advance.

Zhang Heping thought that Mr. Hua was avoiding suspicion or had some other considerations, so he did not dwell on the matter.

Looking at the street scene outside the window, Zhang Heping wondered, if he had not gone to Hong Kong Island with Tang Xin, would he have more targets for gifts now?

Or, maybe more subordinates could give him gifts...