Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 675: The Second Sister's Intermediary Role

After lunch, Zhang Heping said goodbye to Zhao Jianguo, Huang Wenli, Director Wang and others, and then rode back on his motorcycle.

After the crowd dispersed, Director Wang and Liu Yuan strolled towards the Tingmei Health Care Factory, whispering about setting up a monitoring equipment factory.

When they reached the dormitory building of Tingmei Health Care Factory, Liu Yuan couldn't help but say, "Director Wang, what are you going to do about the cooperation between Heping Investment Shenzhen Branch and Aerospace Group and Nuclear Industry Group?"

"Didn't you hear what that brat said just now?" Director Wang Sumei said helplessly, "If we don't give in to him, he will conduct a global bidding in Hong Kong Island!"

"He has done this before, using technical information to force the higher-ups to make changes, which caused a lot of people to have opinions about him."

Liu Yuan had naturally heard about Zhang Heping's previous bidding in Hong Kong Island. She frowned and asked, "What I mean is, if they set up an aerospace or nuclear power company in Shenzhen, would you really help them poach people with high salaries?"

"In recent years, many researchers have resigned to start businesses or go abroad. If we poach them with high salaries, the impact will probably be..."

Director Wang waved his hand and smiled, "I have an idea that should work."

"What idea?" Liu Yuan suddenly became interested.

Director Wang smiled and said, "My neighbor Lao Yang called me last night and said that the general manager of Huayingxiong Company arrived in the capital yesterday and planned to donate funds to build a martyrs' cemetery and an anti-Japanese war memorial in China through Zhang Pandi's relationship."

"I think we can ask the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office to send Zhang Pandi to assist the Aerospace Group and the Nuclear Industry Group in negotiating with the Shenzhen Branch of Peace Investment."

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After Zhang Heping returned to his home in Hong Kong Island, his first wife Tang Xin told him that Mr. Rong and Chairman He of CITIC had called him and invited him to have tea at the office of the Hong Kong group.

Zhang Heping called the two men back and, after learning that they wanted him to come over to discuss price reform in the mainland, he made an appointment to meet at 3 p.m. tomorrow.

Chinese people have a habit of saving money!

In addition, the policies in the mainland have gradually opened up in recent years, and not only those who have jobs have savings, but those who dare to work hard have also saved a lot.

As a result, the amount of residents' deposits in banks has increased.

The increase in deposits has reduced residents' consumption, which in turn has affected production; the state's regulation of market demand has continued to increase!

In addition, the influence of two price systems has led to rising prices year by year in the past three years; the calls to abolish the price system and switch to market regulation are also growing louder.

As prices rise, wage reform is imminent!

It can be said that a single move can affect the entire body!

The next afternoon, when Zhang Heping participated in the Hong Kong group meeting, his identity as a mainland consultant was mentioned again, attracting the attention of Hong Kong businessmen around him.

The purpose of this meeting is just to solicit opinions from Hong Kong capitalists for reference when holding a meeting in the capital.

Zhang Heping's view has not changed. He still wants to stabilize the price of vegetables first, and then gradually liberalize the prices of other commodities, striving to move forward steadily.

However, after the reduction in consumption by mainland residents, factories were left with a large backlog of inventory.

Some people want to quickly release deposits, promote consumption among mainland residents, and remove factory inventories, thereby revitalizing large and small factories in the mainland.

The point is, there is a lot of support for this idea.

Therefore, Zhang Heping did not hold much hope for his proposal.

After the meeting, a group of Hong Kong celebrities made plans for evening activities.

Chairman Guo smiled at Zhang Heping next to him and said, "Mr. Zhang, do you want to come to my place tonight for a gathering?"

Zhang Heping responded with a smile: "Mr. Guo has made a lot of money in the Japanese stock market again. He wants to show it off to us!"

"Haha! It's a small profit, a small profit." Chairman Guo said modestly. When he saw that Zhang Heping did not give a direct answer, he asked the person next to him.

"Mr. Zhang, I heard that the cooperation project you recently discussed with the domestic partners is not going smoothly." Zhongxin Rong Lao came over and walked out with Zhang Heping. "Do you need me to help you mediate?"

"Mr. Rong, look! I provided the money and technology, so should I get a 51% stake?" Zhang Heping replied with a smile, but did not say what the project was.

Zhongxin Rong was entrusted by someone to come to Zhang Heping to discuss a cooperation project. He must have known some reasons, but the identities of the people around him were too complicated, so it was not convenient for him to say it directly.

Rong Lao consoled him, "Mr. Zhang, you also know that when cooperating with the mainland, they always ask for a 51% stake, so that they can highlight that the society is stronger than the capital."

Zhang Heping smiled and said, "Times have changed! Tingmei Trading holds 3% of the shares in the three factories controlled by Shencheng Holdings."

"By the way, Rong may not know yet, I plan to invest 700 billion magnesium yuan in the mainland this time. If they want to hold a 51% stake, they should provide equivalent funds and technology to cooperate with me."

After he finished speaking, Zhang Heping waved and left, leaving behind a group of Hong Kong celebrities who were utterly astonished.

What is the concept of 700 billion magnesium yuan?

Equivalent to HK$5390, or RMB 2450 billion!

The trade deficit between Japan and magnesium last year was only 500 billion magnesium yuan, which was unbearable for the magnesium people. However, Zhang Heping wants to invest 700 billion magnesium yuan in the mainland!

In less than one night, the news that Zhang Da, the richest man in China, was preparing to invest 700 billion yuan in the mainland spread among the upper circles of Hong Kong Island.

Among them, the reaction from the American people was the biggest. They really could not understand Zhang Heping's investment logic. Isn't Zhang Heping afraid of having his assets confiscated by the mainland?

However, some Hong Kong businessmen are discussing privately that Zhang Heping made so much money by investing in Japanese real estate seven or eight years ago, and wondered if he had received some inside information and was investing in the mainland in advance.

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The next day, Tuesday morning.

Zhang Heping visited Heping Investment and Stepmother Investment Company, and then received a call from his second sister Zhang Pandi, who said that she would go to Shenzhen with the people from the Third Bureau of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office to assist in communicating the cooperation between the Aerospace Group, the Nuclear Industry Group and the Shenzhen Branch of Heping Investment.

In this regard, Zhang Heping did not say much to his second sister Zhang Pandidi, but just asked her to remember to arrange the docking matters with Huayingxiong Company.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Heping called Director Wang.

"Auntie Wang, I plan to build a Heping Materials Factory in Shenzhen to produce some nanomaterials. Do you want to cooperate? If you do, Tingmei Trading will still hold a 51% stake!"

Hearing that Zhang Heping was going to build a new factory, and that it was not for aerospace or nuclear power, Director Wang Sumei was naturally very happy and agreed without thinking, "We must cooperate. How big a factory do you need? What kind of professional talents do you need?"

Zhang Heping smiled calmly and said, "Wait a minute, I'll send an email to Liu Yuan's email address. Once you gather the people together, I'll come over and assign tasks to them."

"By the way, I plan to buy a batch of rice straw and rice husks harvested this summer to make nano silicon carbide. Can you help me contact some warehouses?"

"Rice straw and rice husk?" Director Wang was a little surprised. Are these waste materials for burning useful?

Zhang Heping explained in a positive tone: "I plan to buy rice straw and rice husks in Shenzhen at the price of rice. I will buy as much rice straw and rice husks as the warehouse you can find."

"When the time comes, we can put an advertisement on TV and in newspapers. I'm sure there will be many farmers willing to sell rice stalks and rice husks."

The seawater refinery on Hong Kong Island has not yet been expanded, the silicon compounds extracted from seawater are limited, and the cost of silicon wafers needed to produce chips is too high.

The cost of nano-silicon carbide extracted from rice straw and rice husk is several times lower than the existing domestic silicon wafer production process!

The key is that mobile phone chip factories need silicon wafers with better performance, and future biomedical research will also require the assistance of various nanomaterials.

"Heping, let me confirm this with you!" Director Wang couldn't believe his ears. "You just said that you want to buy rice straw and rice husks at the price of rice?"

Zhang Heping replied: "Well, the price of rice straw and rice husk purchased in Shenzhen is the same as the price of rice in Shenzhen. As for the freight and drying costs, I don't care."

"Okay!" Director Wang said excitedly, "There is still some time before the summer harvest. I will help you apply for a larger factory area and build some large warehouses to store rice straw and rice husks. What do you think?"

"Okay, I'll send the email right away." Zhang Heping responded, hung up the phone, and went to the office of his concubine Chen Shuting.

Then he told his concubine Chen Shuting about the establishment of the Heping Materials Factory and asked her to arrange someone to go to Shenzhen to meet with Director Wang, Liu Yuan and others.

After Chen Shuting waited for her husband to finish speaking, she couldn't help but ask, "Husband, how much money does this material factory cost?"

Zhang Heping typed on his laptop while casually saying, "Invest 5 million yuan first to enclose a larger plot of land. Shenzhen City is about to start auctioning land use rights."

When Chen Shuting heard that the mainland would also auction land use rights, her eyes lit up and she immediately remembered what Zhang Heping had said about investing in mainland real estate.

"By the way, the funding for that monitoring equipment factory has been raised to 1 million magnesium yuan." Zhang Heping added, and then concentrated on writing the factory construction plan, which he soon sent to Liu Yuan's email address.

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My second sister Zhang Pandi and the people from the Third Bureau of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office arrived very quickly and flew to Huadu that afternoon to meet with representatives from the Aerospace Group and the Nuclear Industry Group.

"Here's what happened. Peace Investment Shenzhen Branch thought they paid more money and had the technology we needed, so they wanted to take a 51% stake."

In the conference room, a little old man in a gray Zhongshan suit objectively explained the current situation.

Immediately afterwards, someone spoke out in opposition.

"Everyone knows how important satellites and nuclear power plants are. They must be in our hands. This is why we insist on holding a 51% stake, not for reasons like capitalism or socialism." An old man in blue work clothes said this and sat down.

"In other words, the only disagreement between us and Heping Investment Shenzhen Branch is who holds 51% of the shares!" said Sun, Deputy Director of the 3rd Bureau of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. He glanced at all the participants in the conference room and his gaze lingered for a moment on the secretary Zhang Pandi who was writing silently.

"I heard that the Taishan Thorium Molten Salt Reactor Nuclear Power Plant is 51% controlled by the Renewable Energy Company under the Peace Group, but the management of the nuclear power plant is in our hands. They only have the right to technical guidance, auditing, and dividends." Deputy Director Sun, who was wearing a dark blue suit, said calmly:

"Can't the Nuclear Industry Group continue to cooperate with the Shenzhen Branch of Peace Investment in this way? I heard that the technology for the Taishan thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plant comes from the Peace Group."

The old man in blue work clothes who had just spoken frowned and said, "If we just continue to cooperate in building two or three thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plants in Guangdong Province, we can accept it."

"However, Peace Investment Shenzhen Branch is prepared to invest 100 billion yuan to build 15 to 20 thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plants in inland provinces."

"We are worried that they will control so many nuclear power plants..."

"Secretary Zhang, what do you think?" Deputy Director Sun asked Zhang Pandi beside him casually.

Zhang Pandi put down her pen and spoke slowly and clearly, "Hello, leaders. I have heard something before. Peace Investment Shenzhen Branch will set up a 'Peace Prize Trust Fund'. The fund is expected to have a scale of 700 billion magnesium yuan, and 482 billion magnesium yuan has been received so far."

Many people present were hearing about this for the first time, and they couldn't help but whisper to each other and discuss it in low voices. Zhang Pandi didn't take it seriously and waited for them to communicate first.

"Secretary Zhang!" A young man in a green military uniform raised his hand. After receiving a nod from Zhang Pandi, he stood up and asked, "Excuse me, is the Peace Prize Trust Fund you mentioned related to the Peace Prize at the World Internet Forum?"

The noise in the conference room soon quieted down. Zhang Pandi smiled faintly and said, "As far as I know, this 'Peace Prize Trust Fund' will be used to invest in China, and half of the fund's annual dividends will be reinvested in the fund."

"The other half of the fund's dividends will be used as prize money for the Peace Prize, which will be awarded to outstanding individuals and groups in the fields of aerospace, physical chemistry, biomedicine, and mechanical intelligence."

"If there is any surplus from the annual bonus, it will be donated to the Peace Charity Foundation for charitable purposes such as medical care and education."

The old man in blue overalls frowned and said, "But what does this have to do with the 51% stake we're discussing?"

Zhang Pandi smiled and said, "Peace Investment Shenzhen Branch invested such a large amount of money in China without considering the return. The one who should be most worried should be the Peace Group under it!"

"After all, foreign media have been maliciously promoting that we will nationalize those foreign companies that invest in China."

"This reason cannot convince us!" The old man in blue work clothes shook his head stubbornly. "51% of the controlling stake is too important. What if Heping Investment Shenzhen Branch exercises its rights as a major shareholder and demands that all the nuclear power plants it controls be shut down?"

Zhang Pandi picked up the pen and said with a smile: "I am just telling you some things I know. The specific decision still needs to be made by the leaders."

Everyone was silent for a while, still digesting the news about the Peace Prize.

After a while, Deputy Director Sun loosened his tie at his collar and continued, "The reason why we came here from the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office is mainly to facilitate your cooperation."

"If you cannot reach a cooperation agreement with the Shenzhen branch of Peace Investment, we will try to get them to set up aerospace and nuclear power companies in Shenzhen to prevent them from withdrawing their funds back to Hong Kong Island."

"As for whether the Peace Group has the financial resources and technology, I believe everyone has signed a confidentiality agreement, so I don't need to elaborate."

The old man in blue work clothes frowned and said, "They set up aerospace and nuclear power companies in Shenzhen, but they still can't bypass our Aerospace Group and Nuclear Industry Group. Without our consent, they..."

"They will choose foreign markets!" Deputy Director Sun interrupted the stubborn old man and said indifferently: "I don't need to say much about the strength and influence of the Peace Group."

"According to their past operations, once they set up aerospace and nuclear power companies in Hong Kong Island, they will issue bids to the world and the relevant technologies will be directly given to the winning companies."

"This is why our Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office is trying to persuade them to establish aerospace and nuclear power companies in Shenzhen, so as to prevent the aerospace and nuclear power technologies held by the Peace Group from being handed over to foreigners."

"Of course, if you feel that you have mastered aerospace and nuclear power technologies that are more advanced than the Peace Group, we don't need to care about their stay or departure."

The old man in blue work clothes shook his head. "This has nothing to do with whether the technology is advanced or not. The 51% stake is like our sovereignty. Once we give it up, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Look!" Deputy Director Sun said seriously, "Let's think from the perspective of the Peace Group. Do they have to cooperate with our Aerospace Group and Nuclear Industry Group?"

"Besides cooperating with the Aerospace Group and the Nuclear Industry Group, do they have any better partners to cooperate with?"

"For example, Eagle Country, Japan Island, Taiwan Island, New Island, and even Southeast Asian countries, and even the Peace Group has always been in conflict with the Magnesium Country, but it is not a hostile relationship?"

"Of course, our Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office is not advising you to give up your 51% controlling stake. We are just stating the pros and cons so that everyone can have a clear understanding of the Peace Group."

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