Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 597: Japanese Islanders Take the Hook

Director Zhao of Xuanwu Hospital could not return the suitcase because Zhang Heping did not tell him where the Zhang family moved to.

But Director Wang and his team knew about it a long time ago, so on the morning of the second day of the Chinese New Year, Director Wang and Uncle Zhuang and their team found Villa No. 5-11, Yard No. 1, Wanshou Road, to return the favor!

Not long after the Wang and Zhuang families sat down, the old company commander and his wife also arrived.

Although the gifts given by the three families in return were not of high value, they reflected the spirit of reciprocity and frequent visits.

On the morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year, led by Director Wang, Zhang Heping, his first wife Tang Xin, and their children Zhang Bei and Zhang Nan went to visit Shuimu University and Capital University.

Zhang Heping promised to send a batch of computers with the latest configuration to the two universities as a way of supporting school construction.

Then he decided to enroll Zhang Bei in the Computer Science and Technology major at Shuimu University, and Zhang Nan in the International Trade major at Capital University.

Zhang Heping was a little surprised by Zhang Nan's choice, because this girl usually showed no interest in business.

On the way back, Zhang Nan still had some small opinions, "Dad, don't you want me to learn trade, so that I won't compete with my stepmother for the rights of the company?"

Zhang Heping said calmly: "Tingmei Trading is just a shell company with a few more employees. If you can't even understand this, you'd better change your major as soon as possible!"

"When you graduate, the family trust will give you a startup fund, and you can do whatever you want with it. If you use up all the money, then just wait for the annual dividends from the family trust."

"Humph!" Zhang Nan hugged his mother Tang Xin's left arm and said coquettishly, "Mom, look at Dad, he has been on guard against us interfering in my stepmother's company!"

"Zhang Nan, speak properly!" Zhang Bei, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked back at his father and found that his father was not angry, so he continued: "If your stepmother heard what you said, what would she think?"

"Hey..." Zhang Nan made a face at Zhang Bei, then hugged her father's right arm and said nonchalantly: "I was joking with my dad, what do you care!"

Although Zhang Heping didn't know what his eldest daughter was thinking, he had made it clear. It was up to her to choose her own future.

It was not until the fourth day of the New Year that Zhang Heping returned to Hong Kong Island with his wife and children, ready to listen to the purpose of Tang Xin's uncle's visit.

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Capital, a certain sea office.

"Report, the leader family has returned to Hong Kong Island!"

The old man behind the desk stopped writing, picked up the teacup, leaned back in his chair and took a sip of tea before asking the secretary who had just come in, "Have you found out the purpose of Tang Zhi from Taiwan?"

The secretary replied respectfully: "It has been preliminarily confirmed that they are here for the color TV production line and the electric car production line. The Tang family plans to build a joint venture factory in Magnesium."

"This is a common problem in large families in preparation for diversifying investments." The old man said indifferently, picking up a pen and preparing to continue reviewing the documents.

"One more thing!" The secretary put a piece of paper on Mr. Li's desk, "The Japan Island Chamber of Commerce will come to our capital on the 4th of next month."

"The consultants speculated that the Japanese people came here this time and they might want to skip Tingmei Trading Company and purchase electric vehicle production lines directly from us."

Mr. Li glanced at the list on the paper, as well as the corresponding companies and positions behind it. "I remember that Tingmei Trading Company's offer was 10 billion magnesium yuan for a set of automobile production lines. Since Heping Automobile Factory has given up domestic orders, we should support them to make money abroad."

“What’s more, car battery production is still in our hands!”

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Hong Kong Island, Victoria Peak, Zhang family.

"Heping, can the price of this car production line be lowered a little?" Uncle Tang Zhi sat on the sofa, smiling at Zhang Heping who had just finished taking a shower.

"Uncle, this automobile production line is sold at the same price. We won't sell it for less than 10 billion magnesium yuan." Zhang Heping didn't want to waste time talking to them, so he said directly: "If you really want to invest in an automobile factory, then go to the mainland to invest and build a factory. The price in China is more favorable."

Seeing that Zhang Heping was not willing to give in, Tang Zhi said unhappily, "I am a Taiwanese now, so it is not convenient for me to invest in the mainland!"

"Then don't buy it, because you can't compete with the electric cars in the mainland. What's more, if I sell the car production line to Taiwan, the mainland will probably cut off my supply!" Zhang Heping walked to the sofa and sat down, picked up the remote control and turned on the TV, and said in a deep voice:

"The impact of the mainland's stock shortage is greater than the impact of the sanctions imposed by the United States. I dare not take such a risk."

Tang Zhi's fourth son Tang Han interrupted, "After we buy the car production line, we will directly take it to Magnesium, not to Taiwan!"

This guy is only a few years younger than Tang Ren, but he is trying to fool Zhang Heping and directly ignores the "Magnesium sanctions" that Zhang Heping just mentioned.

Zhang Heping looked at the TV and said without turning his head, "Is there any difference between the relationship between the mainland and Taiwan and the relationship between me and the country of Magnesium?"

Now that things have come to this, if we continue, I'm afraid we're going to fall out.

Then I heard my father-in-law Tang Ming say: "Since you don't have enough money, don't get involved in car manufacturing, and concentrate on LCD color TV production."

"Grandpa, the car production line sold by Tingmei Trading does not include the car battery production line." Nephew Tang Lie advised: "The labor cost in Magnesium is expensive. If we import car batteries from Shenzhen and assemble them in Magnesium, the cost of making cars will be too expensive and we won't be competitive at all!"

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Hijima, Toudou, Suzuki family.

"Father, I just received intelligence that the people of Magnesium have found Tang Zhi from Taiwan Island and are going to Hong Kong Island to find Zhang Sang to buy an electric car production line. Should we wait?"

Former Mayor Suzuki looked at the black and white pieces on the chessboard and said calmly: "Although the production line of the Peace Automobile Factory is advanced, they do not have a car battery production line. Battery technology is the core of electric vehicles!"

Miss Suzuki frowned and said, "But, if the mainland gives priority to supplying electric vehicle production lines to their car factories, we won't be able to buy electric vehicle production lines in the short term!"

"It was the Mitsubishi Group's idea to send the Chamber of Commerce to the mainland for negotiations. We can only watch. Do you understand?" After the former Mayor Suzuki finished speaking, he suddenly waved his hand to sweep away the chess pieces on the board, frowned and looked at the gray sky in the distance.

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Hong Kong Island, the Embassy of the United States of America in Hong Kong.

The feedback Tang Zhi gave to the magnesium people made them very angry.

Because the Chinese also think that an electric car production line without a car battery production line is not worth 10 billion magnesium yuan!

"Alright! Just report this directly and let the people from the Automobile Association waste their brain cells. Our work is done."

"Boss, that old Peter used our intelligence funds to speculate in stocks and seemed to have made a lot of money. He ignored all the tasks assigned to him by the Special Intelligence Agency. Should we remove him and review his use of funds?"

"Well! Take someone to check it out, and keep it confidential!"

...

Early in the morning on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the employees of the Umbrella Company in the community came to greet Zhang Heping. After that, Zhang Heping took Chen Shuting to the foot of the mountain to attend the annual meeting of the Chinese Business Association.

At this year's annual meeting, the most proud ones are the real estate bosses!

They took advantage of the time before the China Eagle Joint Statement came into effect, acquired land through loans, and used pre-sales to collect proceeds to launch a number of real estate projects in Kowloon and the New Territories.

In addition, Hong Kong's loose financial policies, low tax rates, and no taxation on goods entering the port have attracted a lot of foreign capital, and Hong Kong stocks and Hong Kong real estate have been pulled out of the trough.

The most eye-catching one is still the Zhang family on the Peak, because the Peace Group has publicly announced the acquisition of shares of Hong Kong Island real estate listed companies since the trough of Hong Kong stocks two years ago.

Outsiders speculate that if the Peace Group had not sold those real estate stocks, it would have made more than twice the profit now.

In fact, the 83 million yuan position that the Peace Group completed in May 5 saw the Eagle Capital Real Estate shares it held rise by 4%; in March 320, the remaining 84 billion yuan of Hong Kong Island Real Estate shares that Chen Shuting had not withdrawn from stock trading only rose by 3%. Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting naturally would not tell outsiders how much money the Peace Group made, and when others asked about it, they just laughed it off.

After the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, most companies in Hong Kong Island have returned to work, and only employees of companies under the Peace Group are still on vacation or taking rotating breaks.

However, as the families of the mainland employees who came to Hong Kong for exchange and study flew back to China with large and small bags of belongings, the Peace Group resumed normal working hours on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, with the only thing left being the students who had returned from winter vacation.

The first thing Tingmei Trading did after getting to work was to contact the Houhai Sub-district Office to order hospital gowns, bed sheets, quilt covers, uniforms, etc., in a simple and crude way to help Director Qi complete the task of earning foreign exchange; the second thing was to donate computers to Capital University and Shuimu University.

Then, there is the issue of re-signing the order for the Heping Automobile Factory.

After a phone call from the salesperson at Heping Automobile Factory, the only people willing to pay a deposit and sign a contract were group purchase orders from Shenzhen government agencies, which was considered support for local enterprises.

Next, there is the purchase of land for welfare housing by the Umbrella Company, the plans of Huayingxiong Company this year, the official operation of Hong Kong Island UnionPay, and so on.

As time went by, it quietly entered March.

Just as more and more foreigners consulted Tingmei Trading Company about automobile production lines and visited the Heping Automobile Factory, Miss Suzuki from Rijima found Zhang Heping in the Department of Neurosurgery of Heping Hospital.

"Director Zhao, please get familiar with this place first. I will take you to the restaurant next door for a seafood dinner later!" Zhang Heping said to Mr. Zhao who had just come to support from the Xuanwu Hospital in the capital.

I don’t know what the capital was thinking, but they actually sent Director Zhao, the head of the Neurosurgery Institute of the Capital Xuanwu Hospital, over here.

When Director Zhao came over, he was still using the Dior suitcase that Zhang Heping gave him on New Year's Day.

Director Zhao glanced at the people outside the glass and said with a smile, "Go and do your thing. I know most of the doctors here."

When Zhang Heping left the office, Miss Suzuki and the four people behind her bowed to him.

"Zhang-san, I have a favor to ask of you!"

Zhang Heping frowned and said, "Let's talk about the matter first!"

"Hey!" Miss Suzuki stood up hurriedly and said, "They are from Toyota. They want to buy two electric car production lines and car battery supplies from you. They want to settle in Japanese yen. Do you think it's feasible?"

"Toyota, Mitsui Group! Toshiba, Mitsukoshi..." Zhang Heping looked at the person behind Miss Suzuki and immediately understood why the other party made such a simple introduction, in order to distinguish the Mitsubishi Group!

In early March, Mitsubishi's Chamber of Commerce went to the capital and wanted to purchase electric vehicle production lines directly from the mainland using Japanese yen, but the capital declined on the grounds of insufficient production!

Zhang Heping asked in confusion: "You have earned a lot of magnesium dollars from the Magnesium Country over the years, why do you want to settle with me in Japanese yen?"

"Mr. Zhang, to be honest!" Miss Suzuki said sincerely, "Magnesium is restricting the export of our Japanese products to the country, and is also forcing us to buy Magnesium's national debt. We are currently running low on magnesium yuan reserves."

"But please rest assured that this is only a temporary predicament. In the second half of this year, our foreign exchange exchange in Japan will return to normal. By then, you can freely exchange Japanese yen for magnesium dollars!"

"The Chinese are really shameless!" Zhang Heping said half-truthfully, as if he was on the same side as these Japanese people.

However, Zhang Heping was well aware of the purpose of the Japanese using the yen.

Mitsubishi Corporation negotiated yen settlement in the capital because the mainland borrowed money from Japan a few years ago to buy Japanese production equipment.

The reason why Miss Suzuki negotiated with Zhang Heping for settlement in Japanese yen is because Huayingxiong Company used all of the 3.25 million yuan in rent last year to buy properties in Dongdu to avoid taxes!

This woman may have thought that Zhang Heping would invest in real estate in Higashima, Japan after taking the yen; they settled in yen and helped Zhang Heping skip the exchange process.

In fact, Zhang Heping was considering whether to invest his money in the Japanese stock market after settling in yen.

Based on his investment habits and the fact that the Japan-magnesium trade war was beginning to take shape, this was a good time to ambush and build a position.

After all, the amount of his funds is quite large!

"What is the exchange rate of Japanese yen to magnesium dollar today?" Zhang Heping asked.

He has been busy with things at the hospital and the computer research center recently and has not had time to read the Japanese newspapers.

Miss Suzuki said hurriedly: "1 magnesium dollar is exchanged for 221.25 yen!"

"Are the Wako Building and Mitsukoshi Department Store for sale?" Zhang Heping asked again, which was equivalent to negotiating conditions.

These two buildings are located opposite and diagonally across from the Huaying Company at the intersection of Toudou Ginza 4-chome.

At this busy intersection, Huayingxiong Company has already occupied three small buildings on the south side of the intersection and the Sanai Building on the west side. The only ones missing are the Wako Department Store on the north side and the Mitsukoshi Department Store on the east side!

At the beginning, Zhang Heping and his family went to Dongdu and offered a high price but failed to buy the two buildings. Now that the old matter was brought up again, he felt a little resentful.

"Mr. Zhang, please wait a moment. I'll call and ask now." Miss Suzuki said as she took out a white flip phone from her handbag and walked to the window next to her.

Mitsukoshi Department Store is a subsidiary of the Mitsui Group. Zhang Heping feels that there is a great chance of getting this building. Only the Wako Building will be a little more troublesome, and it depends on the methods of the Suzuki and Aso families.

Miss Suzuki suddenly covered the microphone, trotted over and asked, "Mr. Zhang, can I directly deduct the payment for this electric car production line transaction?"

"One thing is one thing. Such a large transaction amount must be settled separately, otherwise there will be a tax audit!" Zhang Heping responded with a smile. He had just sensed the other party's call, and there would be no problem buying the two buildings.

Because, when the Japanese wanted to obtain LCD monitors and computer technology from Zhang Heping, they had already asked about the sale of the two buildings in advance.

Asking about it now is just bringing up old matters again.

Miss Suzuki said a few more words to the person on the other end of the phone, then hung up the phone and said to Zhang Heping in a serious tone, "Mr. Zhang, if you want to buy the Wako Building and Mitsukoshi Department Store in Ginza, we will do our best to facilitate this, but you need to send someone to negotiate the price with them."

"Okay!" Zhang Heping nodded and said, "I still trust the reputation of the Suzuki family and the Aso family. You go to Tingmei Trading Company to discuss the automobile production line first. After this deal is concluded, I will let Huayingxiong Company buy the Wako Building and Mitsukoshi Department Store."

"Mr. Zhang, there is one more thing. It seems that the mainland is expanding its automobile factory, and there are no extra automobile production lines for sale this year!" Miss Suzuki said, looking at Zhang Heping's expression meaningfully.

"Really?" Zhang Heping looked surprised. "I've been busy with teaching at the hospital recently and haven't paid much attention to what's going on in the mainland. Wait for me to call and ask."

After Zhang Heping finished speaking, he took his mobile phone from the bodyguard standing by and called his concubine Chen Shuting.

"Shu Ting, Miss Suzuki wants to settle with Japanese yen and buy two electric car production lines from Tingmei Trading. She also wants to purchase car batteries through Tingmei Trading." Zhang Heping did not avoid other people. He looked at the Japanese people and started talking into the mobile phone.

"Well, I agree! Miss Suzuki agreed to help us facilitate the transaction of the Wako Building and Mitsukoshi Department Store in Ginza, Toudou. When the time comes, we will lend the money from selling the automobile production line to Huayingxiong Company to buy it, and we can also avoid taxes."

"Now there is a question. Miss Suzuki said that the mainland is expanding its automobile factory, which has occupied this year's planned electric vehicle production line quota. Can you call Shenzhen and ask if the three production line quotas used by the Heping Automobile Factory to expand production have been occupied?"

"Are you sure there isn't one? Then let the Heping Automobile Factory give up two production lines..."

"Okay, I'll let them go to Tingmei Trading Company!"

After saying this, Zhang Heping sent Miss Suzuki and the others to the Economic and Trade Building in the east.

In a complete show, the mainland found an excuse to reject Mitsubishi's chamber of commerce and left the business of exporting electric vehicle production lines to Tingmei Trading.

Now that he was selling his automobile production line to Toyota of the Mitsui Group, he naturally had to help the mainland make up an excuse by using the fictitious three production line indicators of the Heping Automobile Factory.

Finally, Miss Suzuki also had to do him a favor.

Because that was the production line used by the Heping Automobile Factory to expand production. If it wasn't for the Suzuki family, why would they give it up?

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