Break out of the courtyard

"Mr. Zhang, I heard that your company has been looking for loopholes in the tax systems of various countries to conduct so-called reasonable tax avoidance. How do you think we should set up tax laws to prevent foreign companies from evading taxes?"

"Mr. Zhang, your business is so big. What do you think about the reform of state-owned enterprises? Is there any good way to revitalize them?"

……

Faced with a variety of questions from a group of economics professors, Zhang Heping answered for a while, but gradually became unable to cope with it.

"Everyone!" Zhang Heping stretched out his left hand to stop Professor Dai who wanted to ask another question. He then looked around and said, "I know you are very eager for reform and want to solve some existing problems and problems that may arise in the future."

"But I am not a god, and my knowledge is not that extensive, so I can only offer some superficial insights."

"Reform must be gradual!" Zhang Heping looked at Mr. Hua, Mrs. Zheng and others, and said with a smile: "This way, even if we make a mistake, we can withdraw our legs in time and move forward again, so as to continue the reform."

Professor Yu, who had been to the Eastern Capital of Japan with Zhang Heping, asked aloud, "Mr. Zhang, when you say gradual reform, do you mean crossing the river by feeling the stones?"

Zhang Heping nodded. "So, many things require you to practice, push forward step by step, adjust and improve again and again, instead of looking for answers directly from me."

Zhang Heping's intention to shirk responsibility was obvious, but some people still didn't understand.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you think of the current dual-track pricing system?"

Zhang Heping thought about the increasing number of profiteers in the past two years and shook his head, "I just said that it will be over once it is changed."

Professor Hu asked, "How to change it? Combine the two prices? What if inflation occurs?"

"Gradually! Gradually!" Zhang Heping frowned. "If we just merge the two prices and then let them run wild, inflation will definitely occur. There is no chance of that happening!"

Professor Deng tried to smooth things over by saying, "Residents' savings are increasing, product supply is unbalanced, inflationary pressure is increasing, and prices have reached a point where they have to change!"

"No matter how much pressure there is, prices can only be gradually liberalized!" Zhang Heping's mind flashed back to the price reforms of his previous life, and he said in a serious tone:

"First of all, the prices of the most basic grains, oils, vegetables, meat and eggs, which are the food baskets of ordinary people, can be adjusted year by year, which can not only ensure farmers' income, but also avoid panic buying and hoarding."

"I agree with the method of adjusting the price of the vegetable basket year by year!" Professor Dai from the capital was the first to express his opinion. "If we do this well, we can stabilize the people's hearts to the greatest extent and ensure the continuous implementation of reform and opening up!"

Others also nodded and whispered their opinions.

After several professors wrote down the key points in their notebooks, they looked at Zhang Heping silently.

Zhang Heping took a sip of tea and continued, "Once we stabilize the vegetable basket, the prices of other commodities will be much easier to deal with."

"It's not easy to deal with!" An old professor named Lin said seriously, "If the price of raw materials is the same, those township enterprises will inevitably encroach on the state-owned enterprise market, making it difficult for more and more state-owned enterprises to operate."

Zhang Heping put down his teacup and said, "Professor Lin wants to revitalize those state-owned enterprises, but I am concerned about the stock of state-owned enterprises. I think last year's bankruptcy law is good."

Professor Lin shook his head. "Mr. Zhang, do you know how many retired and disabled workers are supported by those state-owned enterprises? How many families' vital interests are affected by them?"

Zhang Heping frowned and said, "Retirement, disability, and unemployment are social security issues such as pension insurance, medical insurance, and unemployment insurance. I heard that a meeting on this topic was held last year."

Professor Lin still shook his head. "The reform of state-owned enterprises affects millions of families!"

"Indeed!" Zhang Heping was too lazy to argue with him and nodded, "That's why I said that reform must be gradual. Judging from the current domestic and international situation, there is no way to achieve reform overnight."

Professor Hu spoke again, "Mr. Zhang, how do you think the prices of other commodities should be gradually liberalized?"

Zhang Heping was getting annoyed by the questions and no longer gave face to the proposers of the dual-track pricing system. He said bluntly, "You want to abolish the dual-track pricing system because you think it has fostered a group of profiteers."

"Looking beyond the surface, the country needs companies to pay taxes and provide more jobs. Increasing revenue, technological innovation, social responsibility, etc. are all things that business leaders should consider."

What Zhang Heping said was just short of saying "You guys are meddling too much!"

Everyone present is a smart person. How could they not hear the hidden meaning behind Zhang Heping's words?

Professor Lin frowned and asked, "According to Mr. Zhang, we should treat state-owned enterprises and township enterprises equally?"

"At least in terms of taxation and social security, we should treat everyone equally," Zhang Heping said seriously, "After all, people working in township enterprises also belong to the working class."

This statement seemed to be an inaccurate accusation, but Zhang Heping stopped there. Professor Lin was also pulled aside by someone next to him, and the topic was changed by others.

...

That night, Zhang Heping got out of Director Wang's car with a tired look on his face.

"Heping, we will pick you up at 7: tomorrow morning!" Director Wang said with a smile, and asked the driver Xiao Zhou to drive away.

Zhang Heping waved his right hand helplessly. He had only wanted to say a few words this afternoon, but the old professors kept asking him a lot of questions.

Finally, we agreed to continue discussing issues such as property rights and the construction of a modern enterprise system tomorrow.

I finally had some free time, but was drafted again. I don’t know if I can finish it before New Year’s Eve.

"Honey, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange announced that it will be closed for four days; the Eastern Stock Exchange announced that it will open tomorrow; the London Stock Exchange did not close today, and the current decline has exceeded 4%. Together with yesterday's decline, the total decline is more than 8%!"

As soon as Zhang Heping's concubine Chen Shuting saw him coming back, she reported to him the stock market trends and various news reports.

Zhang Heping opened his laptop and took a look at the electronic trading data of the London Stock Exchange. "Next Monday, just use the funds of the Heping Group to buy some Hong Kong stocks. Don't worry about anything else."

The eldest wife Tang Xin, who was applying a facial mask, interrupted, "Honey, Aqiang wants to treat you to lunch tomorrow."

Zhang Heping turned off his laptop and said helplessly, "I can't go! I have a meeting later and I don't know how long it will take. Just ask Aqiang what's going on!"

"Oh!" Tang Xin responded from the bed, then picked up a magazine and started reading.

...

Higashima Toudou, Suzuki family.

"Father-in-law!" After Vice Minister Aso entered the room, he knelt down next to former Mayor Suzuki and said with a serious, sad and sorrowful face: "The cabinet just agreed to the request of the people of Magnesium to reduce the deposit interest rate by 0.5%!"

Former Mayor Suzuki said calmly: "Let us lower interest rates, and the interest rates in Magnesium will be raised. This is to attract funds to Magnesium and save their stock market!"

"The people of Magnesium are so abominable!" Miss Suzuki said indignantly: "Not only do they force us to open the market tomorrow, they also want to accelerate the decline of our stock market!"

"The six major banks will not sit idly by!" Former Mayor Suzuki frowned and asked, "Have you contacted Mr. Zhang?"

"No!" Miss Suzuki said seriously, "However, the head of the Dongdu branch of Stepmother Investment Company called me and hoped that we could help him sell the house. It would be best if the settlement was made in magnesium dollars reserved by the six major banks."

"The six major banks' reserve of magnesium dollars?" Former Mayor Suzuki pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Promise them!"

Ok?

The Aso couple were both stunned and didn't understand the situation.

Former Mayor Suzuki laughed and said: "Instead of asking the six major banks to slow down the conversion of magnesium dollars and delay the outflow of foreign capital, it is better to spend the magnesium dollars reserved by the six major banks and turn them into fixed assets, so that the magnesium countrymen will have nothing to say!"

Miss Suzuki frowned and said, "Father, if the six major banks cannot exchange magnesium dollars for other foreigners, won't they lose their credibility?"

"No!" Former Mayor Suzuki looked at the night outside the window with sharp eyes, "Without the six major banks, those foreign investors can still go to the five major investment banks in Magnesium to exchange for magnesium dollars, or to exchange for British pounds, marks, Hong Kong dollars, etc.!"

"But, in this way, those Japanese yen will be transferred to foreign banks. If those foreign banks cannot exchange them for magnesium dollars at the six major banks, they will find other ways to transfer the Japanese yen!"

"At this time, as long as our stock market and real estate continue to rise, and even the yen appreciates a little more, those foreign banks will help us attract more foreign investment!"

"In this case, the interest rate increase in the Magnesium Country will not be attractive!"

...

On January 1, at around 14 a.m., Zhang Heping was awakened by the ringing phone.

When he answered the phone, he didn't take it seriously at first.

But the next second, he suddenly sat up, scaring the women around him.

"The Japanese want to use magnesium dollars to buy all the properties and land of Stepmother Investment Company and Huayingxiong Company?" Zhang Heping felt that he had heard it wrong and couldn't help but repeat it.

"Yes, boss!" Wei Chunqiao, who was far away in Hong Kong Island, said respectfully on the phone: "Deputy Manager Xie of Stepmother Investment Company is right next to me. You can ask her for specific matters!"

Zhang Heping asked a few questions to the person on the other end of the phone, then ended the call, and then called Ou Yanzi who was far away in Dongdu, Japan.

Chen Shuting roughly reconstructed what happened through the questions Zhang Heping asked during the phone call. The Japanese wanted to use magnesium dollars to buy all the real estate and land under the stepmother's investment and Hua Yingxiong's name.

The condition is to help them stabilize the Japanese stock market in the next week!

"Tell them that we don't accept any additional conditions. If they want to buy, they can buy. If they don't want to buy, forget it!"

After Zhang Heping hung up the phone, he hurriedly got out of bed, opened his laptop and took a look. The Dow Jones Index fell 12.7% and there was still half a day left to fall.

"The Magnesian people must have done something to Japan, otherwise they wouldn't be so eager to sell the magnesium dollar!" Zhang Heping walked back and forth in the room with a laptop, talking to himself, and then he was pulled back to bed by his two wives and covered with a quilt.

Chen Shuting leaned on Zhang Heping's chest and asked excitedly, "Honey, how about I go back to Hong Kong Island tomorrow morning and finalize this deal?"

"Don't worry!" Zhang Heping turned off the laptop and asked his mistress to put it on the bedside table next to him.

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Zhang Heping didn't know that in order to save the step of exchanging Japanese yen for magnesium dollars, the head of the Dongdu branch of Stepmother Investment Company used only a lazy word to make the former mayor Suzuki come up with a way to deal with the withdrawal of investment by the magnesium guys.

According to the former mayor Suzuki, the decline of Japanese stocks is not scary. As long as Japanese stocks can rebound quickly, foreign capital that has fled from the Japanese stock market will rush back in, and will bring about a wave of foreign exchange fluctuations, attracting more foreign capital into Japan.

If it can help Japanese stocks rise, Peace Investment Company is undoubtedly the first choice.

As long as Peace Investment Company buys Japanese stocks again in a high-profile manner, Japan’s previously lost government credibility can be largely restored, and it can also drive Japanese stocks up!

"Go to sleep!" Zhang Heping lay down, opened his arms and hugged his left and right arms, and smiled: "The Japanese stock market didn't fall much, and the magnesium stock didn't rebound, so the Japanese are not in a hurry."

"Besides, the Japanese Ministry of Finance has not released money to stimulate Japanese consumption this year, and Dongdu real estate is expected to rise. We are not in a hurry to sell Japanese real estate and land!"

...

Early in the morning, Zhang Heping went for a run as usual, as if nothing had happened last night.

After breakfast, he followed Director Wang.