Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 655: Great Cold Qi

"The GATT has never officially come into effect. International trade in recent years has been maintained by the Protocol of Provisional Application and multilateral trade negotiations." Zhang Heping found a chair and sat down, saying calmly:

"For my country now, the status of a contracting party to the GATT is actually dispensable. However, the interim protocol is temporary after all, and there will definitely be a more formal World Trade Organization in the future."

"So, in order to avoid being blocked from the World Trade Organization in the future, we still have to maintain the status of a contracting party to the GATT!"

Professor Yu nodded, "I agree with Mr. Zhang's point of view! Although we have signed trade agreements with Japan, Europe, magnesium, Africa and other countries, and our trade exports have been growing in recent years, if we are separated from international cooperation organizations, we will inevitably encounter many troubles!"

Professor Lin shook the note, handed it to other professors, and said seriously: "The Magnesium people previously demanded that we open up the market before they would restore our status as a contracting party; now they have changed it to chip cooperation, which is Sima Zhao's intention!"

Speaking of chips, everyone couldn't help but look at Zhang Heping who was drinking tea.

"One thing is another!" Zhang Heping smiled and said, "The application for the status of a contracting party to the GATT was submitted in July last year. If the Magnesium people agree, let them give us a result as soon as possible."

"As for chips..." Zhang Heping put down his teacup and said seriously, "I will not cooperate with them. However, Zhuhai Computer Industrial Park can consider licensing some 'obsolete' technologies at a high price after my country resumes its status as a contracting party to the GATT."

"Just like the equipment they 'knocked out' for us, they charge a high price!"

Zhang Heping emphasized the word "eliminated", and others naturally understood the meaning.

Professor Dai said, "If we regain our status as a contracting party to the GATT, price reform will be imminent!"

With these words, the theme of today's meeting was decided.

General Hua wrote down Zhang Heping's intention on a piece of paper and handed it to a middle-aged male secretary who was waiting outside.

The aircraft cooperation that the Magnesium guys mentioned before has not been fulfilled yet. I believe that the higher-ups will not let the Magnesium guys get their wish easily this time.

Because that day was the Great Cold, Zhang Heping and several professors were sent home before dark, and each of them was given 5 kilograms of mutton.

When Zhang Heping got off the car, he left all the mutton to Director Wang. I wonder how much she would give to the driver Xiao Zhou.

As soon as his concubine Chen Shuting saw Zhang Heping coming back, she immediately came over to report the stock market situation, "Honey, the Hong Kong stock index only fell 3% today, the Nikkei index fell 8%, and London is still falling. I haven't bought any London stocks yet."

Zhang Heping reached out and scratched Chen Shuting's nose. "What are we having for dinner tonight?"

"There are too many people here. Let's go to the Capital Hotel for hot pot. The table has been reserved." Chen Shuting realized that Zhang Heping didn't want to talk about stocks, so she stopped talking.

Zhang Bei and Zhang Nan's company has 40 employees, plus people from the Zhang, Zhou, Ma, and Tang families, as well as three cram school teachers, four bodyguards, and two security guards. This number of people is indeed too many.

The reason why they chose Capital Hotel instead of Donglaishun was probably because the elderly couple Tang Ming and Xu Jiefeng were too old and it was inconvenient for them to travel in the snow and ice.

Zhang Heping went up to the second floor and happened to meet the kids finishing their get out of class. So he didn't need to go up to the third floor and told everyone to go to the Capital Hotel.

Zhou Chengchen, the third child of the Zhou family, walked behind the children and said stiffly, "Brother Heping, we don't have to go!"

This woman is only one year younger than Zhang Heping. With Zhang Heping's guidance, she was admitted to Shancheng Normal University.

Later, I don’t know what she was thinking, she found a math teacher in the mountain city and married him, and she stayed in a middle school in the mountain city, teaching Chinese to junior high school students.

The day before yesterday, this woman brought her husband, son, and the national food coupons she had saved for three years, and squeezed into a train to visit her relatives, but she did not expect that a building had been built here.

"If you don't go, do you still want your mother to light a fire and cook for you?" Zhang Heping pointed at the cold pots and stoves of Zhou's family in the west without turning his head.

In the past two days since Zhou Chengchen and his wife came back, they often go to the second floor to listen to the lectures of the three cram school teachers from Hong Kong Island, hoping to learn some teaching methods.

The second brother, Zhou Chengwu, has been well behaved recently and has not gambled with his bad friends outside. In addition, he usually guards the door of the store and helps Lao Zhang and others. Zhang Heping is not too averse to him, so he also called him.

Zhang Heping waited at the gate for a while, then led about seventy or eighty people and walked towards the square.

When the Zhang family passed by the Yinding Bridge, Qin Huairu and her daughter-in-law were helping her son Banggeng collect the tables and chairs for the noodle stall.

"Bang Geng made some money from his noodle stall and got married last year. She's pretty, but unfortunately she's a second marriage."

Ma Xiuzhen was gossiping with her eldest daughter-in-law Tang Xin and the younger daughter-in-law Chen Shuting who were supporting her. Zhang Heping who was walking behind also heard it. He couldn't help but glance at the woman next to Qin Huairu. She looked average and was not the same person as the cool girlfriend in the TV series in his previous life.

To the Zhang family, Qin Huairu, Banggeng and the others have become strangers, and they are only mentioned occasionally.

As for Bang Geng and Qin Huairu who were illegally occupying the road to set up stalls, they wanted to treat the Zhang family as passers-by; but when they saw the Zhang family's group coming, they subconsciously turned their backs and pretended that they were busy and did not see the Zhang family.

After the Zhang family had walked over, Banggeng folded up the table that he had just wiped seven or eight times and hung it on the noodle cart.

"Mom, did you help me find a store today?" Banggeng put away the second folding table with some depression.

"There are alleys and alleys nearby..." Qin Huairu said halfway and then sighed and stopped talking.

"Mom!" Banggeng's wife picked up two benches and asked in confusion, "I think I saw Zhou Laoer and his wife among the group of people who just passed by. Why don't we go ask him to let us rent the side room facing the street, and we'll add another 50 yuan!"

The Banggeng couple wanted to knock a door hole in the wall facing the street of the side room where the sisters Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandui once lived, and then set up a stall outside the wall to sell noodles!

In this way, they don't have to get up early and stay up late to set up the noodle stall here.

By the way, this stall was chosen by Shazhu for Banggeng. If Banggeng and his wife really followed their idea and went back to No. 95 Courtyard to sell noodles, it’s hard to say whether the business would be good or not.

After all, Jia Zhang had offended a lot of people over there!

Banggeng's wife didn't get an answer, so she asked, "Mom, what do you think?"

"What else can we do?" Bang Geng said unhappily, "Zhou Lao Er opened a shop selling clothes right in front. Do you think they are short of 50 yuan?"

"Why are you so fierce!" Banggeng's wife put her hands on her hips and said fiercely, "Don't even try it, how do you know it won't work, you coward!"

"Who are you calling a coward?" Bang Geng was furious. He didn't dare look the Zhang family in the face. How could he be a coward to his own wife? "Just say that again!"

"Coward! Coward! Coward! Tell me what's wrong with you?" Banggeng's second-married wife is no pushover either. Women who dare to get divorced these days are fighters with great courage!

Qin Huairu stopped the man who wanted to go forward and beat up the wife, and stretched out her hand to hold down the daughter-in-law's hand who was trying to pick up a stool to fight. She rolled her eyes and said helplessly: "Okay! Stop talking! The Laba porridge at home is going to burn!"

"Boss Jia, are you closing your stall so early?" A middle-aged man wearing a dog-skin hat and a military coat came jogging over with his hands in his sleeves. He wanted to say something, but unexpectedly the noodle stall owner ignored him, a regular customer, and just walked away pushing the noodle cart.

"Bah!" The middle-aged man spat a mouthful of ice on the ground. "What are you so proud of, Broken Noodles? I'll make sure you can't set up a stall here tomorrow!"

...

When the Zhang family reached the square, Zhang Bei slowed down and came to his father Zhang Heping, "Dad, I want to discuss something with you!"

Zhang Heping nodded and motioned his eldest son to continue.

"My Capital Technology Co., Ltd. has only made a chess and card game software since it opened in October last year, but the number of online users has been increasing in the past few months. Yesterday, the number of online users exceeded 10!" Zhang Bei said with shining eyes:

"Our company wants to add a batch of servers this year. Can I raise some money from you using our company's shares?"

Zhang Heping raised his chin towards Chen Shuting who was standing diagonally in front of him, "For this kind of thing, you should ask your stepmother."

Zhang Bei scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "Although my stepmother is rich, she can't provide good advice to our company, haha!"

"Your company is too small. I don't think highly of it." Zhang Heping glanced at his son's suddenly disappointed expression and continued:

"However, given our relationship, it's okay for me to reveal some secrets to you. As for how you want to run your company, it depends on your choice in the future."

Zhang Bei's expression froze, and then he looked at his father hopefully.

Zhang Heping asked calmly, "The first secret is, do you know why the computer systems, security guards, QQ chat, email, search engines, Heping Finance, office software, etc. I made are free?"

"Because free things are the most expensive!" Zhang Bei said without even thinking about it what Zhang Heping often said.

"No!" Zhang Heping shook his head slightly. "It's to quickly seize the market and eliminate competitors! Go and count the downloads, installations, and usage rates of the free software I created on the Internet now."

There is no wrong version in the 6 book forum!

"Then, you can look for similar competing products and see how much market share they have!"

Zhang Bei frowned, as if recalling the computers he had seen before and the software on those computers.

"The second secret!" Zhang Heping said with a smile, his hands behind his back, "Tang Wei has a cloud server and is conducting internal testing. Your chess and card game software can help him."

"Cloud server?" Zhang Bei was a little confused by the term.

Zhang Heping explained with a smile: "It is a server service based on cloud computing technology that remotely accesses the physical server in the data center through the Internet and dynamically obtains virtual server resources."

"Internet companies like you who cannot afford to buy servers can rent virtual servers on cloud servers according to demand."

"Cloud server!" Zhang Bei pondered and memorized the word in his mind.

"The third secret!" Zhang Heping patted Zhang Bei on the shoulder and said with a smile: "In fact, you brothers and sisters are quite rich, but you have been using your own New Year's money and have not asked your stepmother for it."

"Um..." Zhang Bei looked at the two mothers in front of him and said with a silly smile: "My stepmother gave me a bank card before, but I never used it. I want to try to start my own company to make money."

"It's your company, you make the decision yourself!" Zhang Heping withdrew his hands and put them behind his back.

Zhang Bei thought about what his father had just said and asked again, "Dad, what is the storage capacity and computing power of the cloud server you mentioned?"

Zhang Heping smiled and said, "You should ask Tang Wei about this secret yourself."

"Then do you think our company's chess and card games have a future?" Zhang Bei was a little hesitant.

Zhang Heping patiently replied: "Your software doesn't have enough user stickiness! If Tang Wei copies a board game like yours and links it to the QQ chat software, you'll be doomed."

"User stickiness..." Zhang Bei crossed his arms, "Dad, are you saying that our board game doesn't have a chat function?"

Zhang Heping smiled but said nothing. This kind of question would need to be thought about by his eldest son Zhang Bei himself, or he could think about it with the company's employees.

Zhang Heping helped Old Zhang walk into the Capital Hotel, and then saw his father-in-law Tang Ming and his grandson Tang Qiang guarding the door.

Tang Ming pulled Lao Zhang into the restaurant and made some polite remarks about wanting to have a few more drinks tonight.

Tang Qiang found Zhang Bei and asked about the development of Zhang Bei's company.

After everyone sat down and three rounds of drinks, Tang Qiang went to talk to Zhang Heping.

"Uncle, I'll toast you another glass, please feel free to do as you please!" Tang Qiang raised the glass with both hands and drank it down.

Zhang Heping picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and waited for his third nephew to continue.

Tang Qiang picked up the bottle of Moutai and filled his glass before asking, "Uncle, the Japanese and European stock markets are still falling. When do you think is the best time to buy?"

Zhang Heping joked, "The market value of Peace Investment Company's 6 trillion yen stocks has dropped to only 4 trillion yen now, but I haven't sold a single share. Are you sure you want to ask me?"

"This..." Tang Qiang was stunned.

The 2 trillion yen that Zhang Heping lost turned out to be as much as 125 billion magnesium yuan!

"Uncle, I'm not very good at stock trading. My mom knows more than me." Tang Qiang laughed at himself and then said seriously:

"However, I know that my uncle is good at stock trading. So, I have been waiting for my uncle to be free so that I can ask him for advice in person."

"Uncle, I'll toast you again, and please teach me!"

After he finished speaking, Tang Qiang drank another glass of white wine, and his face became even paler.

"Eat!" Zhang Heping stretched out his chopsticks and saw out of the corner of his eye that his father-in-law Tang Ming kept looking at him.

After eating two slices of mutton, Zhang Heping said slowly, "Heping Investment Company is keeping those stocks and not selling them. They are planning to use them for T after the New Year. You know the concept of T with stocks, right?"

Tang Qiang quickly swallowed the food in his mouth and nodded, "I understand this. It's about making a difference. By buying low and selling high, we can lower the cost price."

Zhang Heping tilted his head and looked at Tang Qiang, "So, do you still want to ask me the best time to buy?"

"I understand this!" Tang Qiang said hurriedly: "My uncle means that part of the funds should be used to buy Japanese stocks, and then when the market turns around, the difference can be earned through T-trading to reduce costs!"

"In order to make the stock market rebound, Japan not only reduced the annual loan interest rate to 2%, but also reduced taxes for residents and invested 5 trillion yen to stimulate consumption." Zhang Heping said lightly to Tang Qiang who leaned over:

"Leaving aside the 5 trillion yen, how much money do you think Japanese banks will lend to Japanese people and companies to speculate in stocks?"

"Take out a loan to invest in stocks?" Tang Qiang was a little surprised. He had never really thought about taking out a loan to invest in stocks, because the stock market was in such a bearish state!

"There is still a week before the Chinese New Year. I suggest you go to the Japanese capital!" Zhang Heping patted Tang Qiang on the shoulder and said seriously: "Go and see the determination of the Japanese people to defend the Japanese stock market!"

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