Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 617 Everything Goes Well

Director Wang took the invitation letter handed back by Zhang Heping and said with a complicated expression:

"Mr. Hua said that if you don't want to attend this meeting openly, you can take some time to go back in the middle of next month and help him consult on the direction of high-tech research and development."

Zhang Heping nodded, "Auntie Wang, remind me when the time comes."

"There's one more thing!" Director Wang Sumei said with some frustration, reluctance, and hope: "Mr. Hua wants you to buy back our 49% of the shares of the Peace Automobile Factory."

Wang Sumei was depressed and unwilling because the Heping Automobile Factory was a factory that she had managed to get Zhang Heping to invest and build in China.

Xi Ji was waiting for Zhang Heping to refuse, after all, the repurchase involved a lot of money.

"can!"

Wang Sumei never expected that Zhang Heping agreed without any hesitation.

Zhang Heping continued, "The profit of Heping Automobile Factory last year was 6 million magnesium yuan. 20% of 49 times the profit is 58.8 billion magnesium yuan. I will round it up for you and repurchase it for 60 billion magnesium yuan to support the research and development of domestic high-tech."

Zhang Heping looked at Director Wang who had not yet reacted, shook his head and returned to the laboratory.

Some people in China opposed the Heping Automobile Factory's listing in Hong Kong. Mr. Hua took a step back and privatized the Heping Automobile Factory, leaving Zhang Heping to tinker with it.

Anyway, we have obtained the automobile manufacturing technology that the higher-ups want. Wouldn't it be more practical to use the money to carry out other scientific research projects?

This was a tacit understanding between Mr. Hua and Zhang Heping. Zhang Heping wanted to use the Heping Automobile Factory to make money and cause trouble overseas. Mr. Hua did not want to be involved in this cause and effect, so as not to trigger unnecessary foreign affairs disputes, so he gave up all the shares of the Heping Automobile Factory and used the money to stay out of it.

A few days later, the Peace Group announced that the Peace Automobile Factory was valued at 120 billion magnesium yuan, and that the Peace Group was negotiating with the mainland to repurchase another 49% of the shares of the Peace Automobile Factory.

After the news came out, major investment banks and securities firms came to the door one after another, hoping to act as a matchmaker to attract investment for the Heping Group, which had no shortage of money.

These are all trivial matters. What Zhang Heping cares about is when the domestic independent foreign-invested enterprise law will come out. Without relevant legal support, he will not be able to privatize the Heping Automobile Factory.

I don't know if the 60 billion magnesium yuan repurchase payment worked, but a total of 5 electric vehicle production lines in the two locations of Magnesium have finally been delivered. We only need to send out engineers to guide the two electric vehicle factories in Magnesium to debug production, and the balance can be recovered in full.

As for the merger and reorganization of the Heping Automobile Factory and the Meide electric car factory, we have to wait until the Heping Automobile Factory is privatized.

On March 3, the collapse of the New World Hotel in Singapore caused a stir in the real estate industry.

Especially in Japan, talks were held with various real estate companies and the review of house design drawings was more stringent.

Japan has not only raised the dynamic and static load standards for houses, but also greatly improved the strength and earthquake resistance standards for load-bearing columns.

In order to speed up the development of the real estate project in Ridao, Zhang Heping had to take on the role of house design director and review and revise the relevant drawings of the real estate project in Ridao Dongdu.

By the time Zhang Heping found time to return to the capital, the "Seventh Five-Year Plan" had already been discussed at the meeting.

Although there have been many ups and downs in the past five years, the momentum of economic development is encouraging.

In addition to the record-breaking import and export trade volumes, various tickets are also being cancelled one after another.

Up to now, coupons have been basically eliminated for consumer goods except for grain and oil, and most commodities have been supplied openly.

Just as Zhang Heping was secretly participating in the high-tech research and development program and putting forward his suggestions, the exchange rate of the Japanese yen to the magnesium dollar had risen rapidly from last year's low of 230:1 to 160:1.

As a result, the 5 billion magnesium yuan loan agreement previously signed by the five major investment banks in Magnesium defaulted!

The lawyers from Heping Law Firm have already gone to Magnesium with the loan agreement to sue the country's five major investment banks, demanding that they pay a penalty of 5 million magnesium yuan in accordance with the agreement.

With the depreciation of the yen, the international competitiveness of Japanese companies has declined, but the speculative enthusiasm in Japan has increased instead of decreased.

In addition, under the influence of the recently released "Maekawa Report", Japan's economic structure has begun to change from "export-oriented" to "domestic demand-driven", expanding domestic demand, opening up the market, and promoting financial liberalization...

At the same time, Japan also implemented an expansionary monetary policy, with the annual loan interest rate falling to a new low of 2.5%.

Under the guidance of this low-interest rate policy, Nippon Bank issued 250 trillion yen in loans last year alone. Calculated at the current exchange rate, it is about 1.56 trillion magnesium dollars, which is twice the amount of magnesium dollars issued!

As of the first quarter of this year, Nippon Bank had issued approximately 78 trillion yen in loans.

Because the Japanese stock market is still volatile and various market makers are still scrambling to build positions, most of the loans have been invested in Japanese real estate.

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On April 4, the four major stock exchanges in Hong Kong Island merged, and the United Exchange began operations, becoming the only stock exchange in Hong Kong Island.

On April 4, the fourth session of the Sixth National People's Congress ended and the Foreign Investment Enterprises Law was successfully passed.

The next day, Peace Group established "Peace Automobile Co., Ltd." in Hong Kong Island.

Three days later, Heping Automobile Co., Ltd. signed a repurchase agreement with the mainland, repurchasing 3% of the shares of Shenzhen Heping Automobile Factory for 60 billion magnesium yuan, making Heping Automobile Factory a wholly foreign-owned factory.

Subsequently, Heping Automobile Co., Ltd. began commercial negotiations with two electric vehicle factories of Magnesium and various capitals.

At the same time, Shenzhen's Heping Automobile Factory stopped all production and began upgrading equipment in preparation for the production of extended-range 2.0 electric vehicles.

When comparing an electric car with a range of 120 kilometers to an electric car with a range of 320 kilometers, some people value the price, while others value the range.

和平牌电动轿车飞跃1.0售价38.8万港元，约5万镁元，比10万镁元的飞跃2.0增程电动轿车便宜一半。

和平牌电动越野车奔放1.0售价18.8万港元，约2.4万镁元，比8万镁元的奔放2.0增程电动越野车便宜一大半。

而和平牌电动迷你车精致1.0售价8.8万港元，约1.14万镁元，比1万镁元的精致2.0增程电动迷你车贵了那么一点点！

Just such a small price difference of mini electric cars has become the biggest bargaining chip for Heping Automobile Co., Ltd.!

Over the past year or so, the most popular car sold by the Heping Automobile Factory has been the electric mini car.

In addition, the RMB has been depreciating along with the magnesium dollar. Even though the cost of the sophisticated 2.0 extended-range electric mini car is higher, Zhang Heping dares to sell it at a lower price, focusing on the strategy of small profits but quick turnover, in order to seize the fuel vehicle market!

Then, the big problem comes!

Should the 2.0 extended-range technology be licensed to domestic electric vehicle manufacturers?

Zhang Heping, who was participating in a seminar on the research and development direction of high-tech in a certain office of a certain navy, directly refused when asked this question.

"The 2.0 extended-range vehicle has only changed the design of the battery compartment. If this cannot be imitated, all the engineers in the car factories can be fired!" Zhang Heping said this without raising his head, and continued to look at the laser technology development plan report.

Mr. Hua sat aside, holding a cup of tea and asked slowly: "Since the technology is so simple, I'm afraid the two electric car manufacturers in Magnesium will not agree to merge and reorganize!"

"The cost of making cars in the United States is 5.6 times that of our Heping Automobile Factory, and the cost of making cars in Germany is 1.8 times that of ours." Zhang Heping said with a smile: "Even if they don't agree now, they will have to come to us in the future. Don't forget that we still have solid-state battery technology."

As early as the year before last, Zhang Heping gave the solid-state battery technology to Mr. Hua, and it is now being tested on a small scale.

"What about domestic electric car manufacturers?" Mr. Hua asked with a hint of doubt: "Aren't you afraid that they will compete with you?"

Zhang Heping said indifferently: "I sell brands, they sell cars, we are not on the same track. What's more, they have so many restrictions that they will face many objections when advertising abroad. How can they compete with me in the foreign market?"

Zhang Heping did not mention domestic competition because there are too many geographical restrictions in the country and there is no comparability.

Take Shenzhen for example. The Heping Automobile Factory is not only the only automobile factory in Shenzhen, but also a major foreign exchange taxpayer. Cars from other places are brought here to be sold. Not to mention that it delays them when applying for business licenses, at least the relevant units in Shenzhen will not consider out-of-town cars when purchasing cars.

Otherwise, the major taxpayers will be dissatisfied!

When Mr. Hua was thinking about Zhang Heping's words "What I sell is a brand", Zhang Heping had already written down his suggested R&D direction, application, commercial use, etc. in the laser technology development plan report.

Zhang Heping put down his pen, stood up and said, "Mr. Hua, I have to go back to Hong Kong Island tomorrow. There are a lot of difficult and complicated cases piled up in the hospital, and I have to go back to take a look."

"Go ahead!" Mr. Hua stood up and said with a smile, "The seminar here will last for a few months, there is no need to rush now."

"Please urge the Hope Project Fund again!" Zhang Heping and Mr. Hua walked out of the office and said with a smile, "After so many years, they still have 2 million yuan in their account that has not been spent. This efficiency is too low!"

"The Peace Charity Foundation invested more than HK$15 billion in the Peace Hospital last year. If the Hope Project Fund remains the same, I will let the Peace Charity Foundation set up a branch in Shenzhen."

Zhang Heping did not ask the Peace Charity Foundation to donate money to build schools in poor mountainous areas, but Mr. Hua understood what he meant.

In addition, the Peace Charity Foundation's expenses are very transparent. Every donation, expenditure, balance of donations, and related feedback after the use of funds can be checked at any time on their official website.

If the Peace Charity Foundation is allowed to enter the mainland, it will definitely have a huge impact on existing public welfare funds, and will also affect many people and cause some unnecessary troubles.

Mr. Hua smiled and changed the subject, "After the passage of the compulsory education law, a scholarship was also established. You can pay attention to it."

Zhang Heping stood still and said with a smile: "That's fine. Do you have their bank account number?"

"I'll have Xiao Wang send the bank account number to your email address later."

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Conference hall, high-tech seminar.

"I object!" An old expert wearing a military uniform and black-framed glasses stood up and said loudly: "Instead of spending 10 billion magnesium yuan on the development of a proton accelerator, it is better to allocate the money to other research projects."

This statement attracted many experts to agree, especially those who failed the project review.

"Please be quiet!" The conference host raised his hands and urged everyone in the meeting room.

After the venue quieted down a bit, the host continued: "This money is external funds. If we don't support the development of the proton accelerator, we won't get this money. Do you understand?"

The previous objections suddenly turned into many doubts, and everyone speculated about the source of this external funding.

The proton accelerator was a private project that Zhang Heping had put together the day before yesterday. It was to be built next to Shenzhen Hospital and assigned to the Shenzhen Cancer Treatment Institute. This matter was strongly supported by Mr. Hua and others.

Because many cancer patients were cured last year, Zhang Heping's voice in medicine was greatly enhanced.

Just like Zhang Heping's return to Hong Kong Island this time, the main reason was that Heping Hospital admitted several cases of rare diseases and Zhang Heping needed to come back to make a decision.

One of the cases was a pair of conjoined brothers sent by the Taiwanese from Magnesium. They were 12 years old and shared a heart and liver.

"Teacher Zhang, the Chinese brought these conjoined twins here just to challenge us!" a young doctor said angrily, "When they came, they also brought a lot of reporters..."

Zhang Heping held an X-ray of the conjoined twins and waved his hand to interrupt the young doctor's complaints. "Since they are admitted to our hospital, they are our patients. If they can be cured, they will stay. If they cannot be cured, we will tell the patient's family the truth. Don't worry about anything else."

Dean Lu said on the side: "Director Zhang, we have discussed before that this separation operation cannot save two people, only one person can be saved, but the patient's family disagrees."

Zhang Heping casually asked, "Where do you think the difficulty is?"

The doctors consulting in the conference room all thought this was nonsense, but due to Zhang Heping's reputation, no one dared to refute it to his face.

Dean Lu frowned and said, "The liver separation surgery should be no problem. The key is that they only have one heart, which cannot be divided!"

As early as the 1950s, the Harmonious Hospital had attempted to perform a separation operation on conjoined twins, but it got off to a bad start and one patient died.

Over the years, they have performed several cases and accumulated some experience.

But they were helpless when faced with conjoined twins who shared one heart.

"Teacher Zhang, we have communicated with the patient and proposed that one person should keep the heart while the other should use an extracorporeal circulation machine. However, the patient's family still disagrees." A doctor from the Department of Cardiac Surgery interrupted.

"Using an extracorporeal circulation machine is a good idea!" Zhang Heping praised him first, then said, "But it is not conducive to normal activities, and it is not fair to the two brothers. So, you need to think of another way."

"Teacher Zhang, we have mentioned to the patient that we should wait for a heart donation from someone else and then perform a heart transplant." An old doctor said, "However, this kind of thing is hard to come by, and we don't know how long we have to wait. If there is a strong rejection reaction, there is still no guarantee of survival."

"Very good, you have solved the difficulty of the heart and transplanted an external heart." Zhang Heping looked at the medical staff who were confused by what he said and said with a smile: "External hearts come from two sources, one is from someone else, and the other is artificially made."

"As early as 1957, foreign countries were developing artificial hearts, but their safety performance was very poor and they had not yet been popularized abroad..."

The main purpose of inviting doctors from the Mainland to Hong Kong Island is to allow them to be exposed to foreign medical technology.

Zhang Heping thought that the surgery to separate the conjoined twins was very simple. He just needed to ask the Heping Precision Instrument Factory to make an artificial heart.

After talking about the conjoined twins separation surgery, everyone started discussing a patient with chronic diarrhea. For this kind of patient, Zhang Heping would not listen to others' medical history and had to make the diagnosis himself.

Just when Zhang Heping was busy in the hospital, an explosion occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Soviet Union.

A week after the incident, Switzerland detected abnormal radiation particles and issued a nuclear radiation warning. European countries began to investigate the source of the nuclear radiation, but they only found that large areas of crops and animals had excessive radiation levels!

Even though Switzerland had asked Northern Soviet Union about this matter, Northern Soviet Union's top leaders still did not know that the nuclear radiation leak was caused by their nuclear power plant.

When Zhang Heping learned that countries such as Italy, Germany, and Austria imported large quantities of agricultural products and that many European countries restricted the consumption of local agricultural products, he remembered the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in his previous life.

However, Zhang Heping did not alert the foreigners directly. Instead, he used the Internet and the IP proxy of the magnesium country to hack into dozens of European magnesium websites, leaving the eagle message of "Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Leakage" dominating their homepage.

Then, this matter became a big deal, and the whole world was eyeing Beisu!

The next afternoon, Zhang Heping received a call from the mainland, asking him to return to attend a nuclear power plant safety seminar.

At this time, 90% of the equipment installation of the Taishan Thorium-based Molten Salt Reactor Nuclear Power Plant has been completed and it will be put into trial operation by the end of the year.

At a time when nuclear power is a hot topic, the safety and environmental advantages of thorium-based molten salt reactors are highlighted.

The Qinshan and Daya Bay nuclear power plants had to suspend construction due to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant leak. They need to complete safety demonstrations before they can resume construction...