Siheyuan: I am Jia Dongxu's cousin

"Brother Zhang! Sister Xiao'e! Sister Sofia!"

Zhang Weiguo looked up and found that it was Huo Lao's daughter Huo Lina.

"Lina."

Lou Xiao'e and Sofia walked over with a smile, and the three of them standing together looked like a beautiful landscape painting.

While chatting with Lou Xiao'e and Sofia, Huo Lina said to Zhang Weiguo beside her: "Brother Zhang, you haven't brought the two sisters to my house for a long time!"

Zhang Weiguo smiled and said, "I've been quite busy lately!"

"By the way, Brother Zhang, I heard from my father that your flower-growing group is going to use 3.9 square kilometers of land to build its headquarters. Is this true?"

"Also, please invite me to see it when it's finished. I've never seen a company headquarters that big!"

Huo Lina was like a lively child, constantly talking to Zhang Weiguo.

Zhang Weiguo also responded with a smile.

Ever since Zhang Weiguo visited Huo Lao's home a few years ago, the little girl Huo Lina has been obsessed with Zhang Weiguo and would go to his home to play from time to time.

However, the recent crackdown on Mr. Huo in Hong Kong has been quite severe, resulting in Huo Lina not being able to go out much during this period.

As soon as Zhang Weiguo and others arrived, this girl just let herself go and kept talking and chatting.

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Just when Zhang Weiguo was joking with Huo Lina, the real culprit appeared.

I saw Mr. Huo, wearing a brown Zhongshan suit and with neatly combed black hair, walking down from upstairs in a goose-step manner.

"Everyone is welcome to give me this honor today and attend my banquet."

As soon as Huo Lao finished speaking, a tycoon in the audience smiled and said, "It is an honor for Wang that Huo Lao can invite Wang."

"Mr. Huo, you're too polite!" someone else said.

Huo Lao continued, "You may have wondered before you came. Why did Huo invite you all to come so loudly just a few days after the Chinese New Year?"

"As everyone knows, our motherland is now in a difficult period, with everything going on. We are short of materials, technology, and foreign exchange. Mr. Huo came here today to invite you to invest in our motherland and build it for us."

After Huo Lao finished speaking, everyone below looked at each other. To be honest, Long Country is still in the Cultural Revolution, and these people don't dare to go back until the policy is clear.

Moreover, many people here have their businesses in Hong Kong Island. If they are targeted by the Hong Kong government because of this gathering, it would be a loss.

After all, they are not Mr. Huo and are unable to withstand the pressure from the Hong Kong government.

Even Zhang Weiguo thought that now was not a good time.

Even if we invest in China now, it won’t have much effect. After all, the risks of the Cultural Revolution are terrible.

Moreover, if it is exposed so early, it will not be conducive to Zhang Weiguo's next move.

In Zhang Weiguo's opinion, before the reform and opening up, there was little hope for investment in China. It was far less practical to donate materials and technology directly to China.

As long as Zhang Weiguo doesn't say openly that he wants to get close to Longguo, there are many things that can be done secretly.

Take the batch of machine tools from Germany last year for example!

Some of them were smuggled into the country by Zhang Weiguo. If Zhang Weiguo had shown closeness to the country at that time, the Hong Kong government would have certainly increased its surveillance of the Flower Planting Group, and it would not have been so easy for Zhang Weiguo to secretly transport some equipment blocked abroad to the country.

However, Zhang Weiguo still admired Huo Lao's behavior.

Although we cannot openly support the country now, we cannot lack support in secret.

Zhang Weiguo planned to talk to Huo Lao in private after the banquet. There were so many people around and it would be bad if he was targeted.

Seeing that only a few people responded to him, Huo Lao said helplessly: "Everyone, enjoy your meal!"

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After the banquet, Zhang Weiguo did not leave, but stayed on the pretext that Huo Lina and Lou Xiao'e had not seen each other for a long time.

In the study room on the second floor of the Huo family villa.

"Mr. Huo, this is a little gift from me. Please help me deliver it to China."

What Zhang Weiguo handed to Huo Lao was a check for 1000 million US dollars. The country's foreign exchange reserves are already small, and he believes that this check for 1000 million US dollars can help certain places in the country solve their difficulties.

Huo Lao looked at the check handed over by Zhang Weiguo and said with a smile: "Weiguo, you are obviously leaning towards China. Why did you just...?"

In fact, Huo Lao also knows what the consequences will be if he openly supports the domestic situation, but in his heart he still hopes that Chinese businessmen can stand up.

Zhang Weiguo smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Huo, it's not that I don't want to stand up and support Longguo, but now is not the time."

Zhang Weiguo knew what Huo meant, but 71 was indeed not a good time. At least he had to wait until the reforms were relaxed in 78.

At that time, Zhang Weiguo could invest in Guangzhou and Fujian, and he could also go back to Beijing to visit his friends.

It has been 5 years since I left my hometown. I still miss my friends a lot!

"Ah..." Huo Lao sighed and accepted Zhang Weiguo's check. "I will transfer the money to China!"

Zhang Weiguo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard what Huo Lao said.

I’m afraid that Huo Lao will now force him to stand out and support the country.

Again, it’s not that it’s impossible, it’s just that the time is not right.

Watching Zhang Weiguo leave, Huo Lao looked at the amount on the check and whispered, "1000 US dollars? This is not a small amount."

"What a pity, he's a good kid, but he's just too..."

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On the way back to the Zhang family villa, Lou Xiao'e looked at Zhang Weiguo's wrinkled brows and asked with concern: "Husband, did something happen?"

Lou Xiao'e noticed that Zhang Weiguo had this expression on his face since he came out of the Huo family, so she couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Weiguo looked at Lou Xiao'e's worried expression, relaxed his brows, and tried his best to put a smile on his face, "Don't worry, E'e, I'm fine."

"Then..." Seeing that Zhang Weiguo was unwilling to say, Lou Xiao'e stopped asking questions and just thought about trying her best to help Zhang Weiguo relieve his mood in the evening.

The next day, after Lou Xiao'e's comfort last night, Zhang Weiguo felt much better.

In fact, Zhang Weiguo did not encounter any bad things, but was aroused by Huo Lao's tone yesterday to feel homesick.

As a time traveler, even though I know that the Dragon Country will rise in a few decades and no longer be bullied by foreigners, the process will be extremely difficult.

Zhang Weiguo's favorite thing to watch in his previous life was Professor Ai's speech. The speaker's sentence "Cannons are used to measure the land area" makes Zhang Weiguo's blood boil when he thinks about it now.

Last night, Zhang Weiguo kept thinking that since he had traveled through time and space to this era, he must do something.

Even though Zhang Weiguo is doing it now, he still feels it is not enough.

"How about building an aerospace mothership?" Zhang Weiguo muttered to himself.

After a while, Zhang Weiguo denied it again. Although he had controlled nuclear fusion technology that could solve the energy problem, the aerospace mothership involved more technologies than that, and the technology in this area was simply beyond the capability of the current Flower Planting Group.

"Alas..., it seems I need to lie dormant for a few more years!"

Just as Zhang Weiguo was thinking about this, a red landline phone next to an office rang.

This phone seems to be Li Jun’s special contact line. The other party would not call him unless it was something serious. So something must have happened in Africa!

Zhang Weiguo quickly went to the phone and answered it.

When the call was connected, Li Jun said, "Boss, something bad has happened."