Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 855 Rare things are more valuable

Capital, a certain conference room.

"I just received news that Magnesium has agreed to allow General Motors to sell LM2500 gas turbines to our country, and General Motors also wants to settle the bill in RMB." An old man in a gray Zhongshan suit walked to the empty seat at the top and sat down while speaking.

The old man in green military uniform on the left of the upper seat smiled and echoed: "The gas engine they have is outdated. Many countries' naval vessels do not choose it as the main power unit!"

"Besides, we already have a miniature thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plant, so why would we need to buy that kind of backward device?"

The gray-clothed old man at the top smiled and said, "There is another piece of news. The Magnesium Space Agency wants to cooperate with us to conduct space capsule experiments together."

An old man who was attending the meeting laughed and said, "The guy from Magnesium is not interested in wine, but is directly going to the life-extending medicine research and development project!"

"They weren't drunk. They knew that the Peace Group would not allow them to participate in the development of the life-extending potion, so they tried to get in through us." Another old man who attended the meeting said, "What a pity! Advisor Zhang is even on guard against our people, let alone the Magnesium people!"

"We have discussed the confidentiality of the life-saving potion technology in a previous meeting!" The gray-robed elder at the head said solemnly, "It was made very clear at the meeting that if the relevant technology were leaked, there would be a huge humanitarian risk!"

“Those who have forgotten what the meeting was about can go and retrieve the minutes. Please stop saying things that are detrimental to unity!”

The old man in a suit on the upper right echoed, "The production of life span 120 and 160 potions involves the sensitive issue of blood supply."

"Put yourself in my shoes. If you were a drug tester for the 120-year life span potion, would you rather donate blood twice a year, once a month, or have your blood drawn every day?"

The grey-robed elder at the top saw the elder who had just spoken bow his head and remained silent, then spoke again: "We are calling a meeting today to discuss the RMB issuance mechanism previously submitted by the People's Bank of China."

"This mechanism is based on market supply and demand, and a single managed floating exchange rate system. Then, through foreign exchange deposits, RMB is passively released to offset the inflation risk transferred by the magnesium country!"

"However, since the Middle Easterners successfully used the 120-year life potion, many foreign companies have begun to reserve RMB. In the long run, this will lead to poor currency circulation in our country."

"However, printing a large amount of money will lead to inflation, rising prices, and even affect the credit of the RMB!"

"Regarding this issue, the PBOC has consulted with consultant Zhang, who believes that the RMB issuance mechanism previously submitted by the PBOC is a rigid peg to the magnesium dollar, which will result in the RMB's credit being highly dependent on magnesium dollar reserves."

"Advisor Zhang suggested a 'soft link', which means maintaining a certain amount of magnesium reserves while increasing the tax-inclusive GDP and the credit of government bonds."

"As for the fact that the cost of treatment with the longevity medicine is linked to RMB, it can only be regarded as a commercial act and cannot be regarded as a credit enhancement of RMB."

"In addition, maintaining magnesium yuan reserves can also prevent foreign companies from dumping RMB after they have accumulated a certain amount of RMB, thereby undermining the credit of RMB!"

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Shenzhen Peace College, dining room of Villa No. 1.

When Zhang Heping returned home for dinner in the evening, his concubine Chen Shuting brought back a message: as long as the Heping Group reduced its holdings in its listed companies, the European and American countries could withdraw their previous two statements.

"Did the Governor's personal secretary tell us this news by phone or by coming to our company?" Zhang Heping asked casually, then picked up the bowl of soup and started drinking.

Chen Shuting answered without hesitation: "It was said on the phone. I have a recording here. Would you like to listen to it, husband?"

"No need!" Zhang Heping put down the bowl of soup, his tone still casual, "Foreigners want to infiltrate our company. Apart from sending commercial spies into the company, they can only start with the company's shares."

"Unfortunately, we are not short of money now, and it is not yet time to sell the company's shares."

When Chen Shuting heard this, she understood what Zhang Heping meant and did not continue the topic.

"Honey, the Heping Automobile Company has reported that some domestic dealers said that our car prices are too high and will affect sales." Chen Shuting frowned and said:

"In recent years, the domestic exchange rate has been falling. If Peace Car continues to price its cars in magnesium dollars, the price of Peace Cars in China will definitely double."

Earlier, a Heping brand electric car sold for 34.5 RMB.

This year, as the RMB continued to depreciate, a Heping brand electric car was sold for 53 RMB.

"There's no need to lower the price!" Zhang Heping said calmly, "Anyone who can afford our car can afford it no matter how expensive it is."

"For those who can't afford it, no matter how much you lower the price, they will still think it's too expensive. Even if you give it to them for free, they will complain about the car's high power consumption, high fuel consumption, high wind noise, etc."

"We don't make money from Heping Automobile, so there is no need to start a car price war in the mainland."

"Besides, if Peace Automobile lowers its prices, those small automobile manufacturers in the mainland will have no chance of survival!"

Chen Shuting said "Oh" and then concentrated on eating.

The reason why she mentioned these two things today is mainly because countries such as Europe and the United States do not allow the import of Peace Group's products, and increase tariffs on related medicines, health products, cosmetics, etc. to restrict the inflow of derivatives of Peace Group's products, resulting in a 6% drop in Tingmei Trading's profits.

She wanted to take advantage of the surge in Hong Kong stocks to exchange part of her shares for stocks for external financing, first let Europe, America and other countries lift restrictions, and then buy back the shares she had given up after the Hong Kong stocks plummeted.

This kind of operation of selling high and buying low is carried out in many listed companies in Hong Kong Island.

However, as Zhang Heping said, Heping Group has a large amount of cash in its account and is not at the point of selling the company's shares.

Chen Shuting was deceived by the secretary of the Governor of Hong Kong and came up with the idea of selling shares in her company just because she felt she had lost hundreds of billions of dollars.

As for Peace Automobile, because its cost is too low, Chen Shuting thinks that by lowering the price, she can seize the domestic market. When those small cars are no longer viable, she will acquire them and then dominate the domestic automobile market!

However, she never expected that Zhang Heping's thinking was completely different from hers, which made her reflect on her recent thoughts and whether they were out of touch with her husband!

To this end, after dinner, Chen Shuting followed Zhang Heping to the top floor of the biological genetic laboratory building to learn about Zhang Heping's recent research and his future ideas for longevity potions.

The eldest wife Tang Xin will have to take care of Zhang Nuo's studies and take care of little Zhang Hao, so naturally she can't go with them.

However, ever since her parents were injected with a drug that extended their lifespan by 120 years and became more than years younger, Tang Xin has become more open-minded about many things.

She will no longer worry about the fact that Chen Shuting manages dozens of times more assets than she does, nor will she worry about whether her children will fight over the family property in the future.

Because of the longevity potion, their lifespans were extended by at least twice, so the amount of wealth was no longer important.

Of course, there were still things that bothered her.

So when she saw her eldest son Zhang Bei leading his two twin brothers and trying to sneak away, she immediately called out to them, "Where do you want to go?"

"Mom, that..." Zhang Bei stood still, scratching the back of his head with his right hand. He was a little panicked for a moment and couldn't think of an excuse.

Instead, it was the fifth brother Zhang Long who started to lie, "Mom, let's go for a walk outside to help digest our food, do you want to come with us?"

Tang Xin sat at the dining table and said in a low voice, "Have you forgotten what I told you when you came back this afternoon?"

In this family, who are the children afraid of?

Zhang Heping had the highest martial arts skills, but the children were not afraid of him because he almost never beat them, except when they were practicing martial arts as children and Zhang Heping had dislocated their limbs.

It is even more impossible for Chen Shuting to beat or scold the children. After all, Tang Xin gave birth to 6 children, and she gave birth to the second one 9 years later. She usually has to rely on Tang Xin to help take care of the children. How could she dare to offend the children of the first wife?

Therefore, Tang Xin became the one who used force in the family, and she broke several rulers.

Sometimes, Tang Xin would reflect on whether she was too strict with her children, causing them to not even be able to bring home a girlfriend or boyfriend!

Just as Tang Xin finished speaking and looked towards the living room with a sullen face, the three brothers Zhang Bei, Zhang Long and Zhang Hu lowered their heads and sat back on the sofa in the living room helplessly.

"What are you laughing at!" Tang Xin turned around and found Zhang Nan, Zhang Nian, and Zhang Feng laughing secretly. She immediately threw out her ultimate move, "Your grandmother Wang said that she will introduce you to a blind date in a few days!"

"I don't need a blind date!" The second girl Zhang Nan stood up with a smile, "As long as I beckon, the people chasing me will line up from our doorstep to Central, Hong Kong Island."

Tang Xin said unhappily: "Then please beg me to see how many people are chasing you at the door!"

Zhang Nan was speechless for a moment, and the third girl Zhang Nian hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "Mom, you don't want us to marry the wrong person, do you?"

"It is said that men are afraid of choosing the wrong career and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. We should open our eyes and choose more for our own happiness, don't you think?"

Zhang Feng, the fourth daughter who just graduated this year and has been staying at home, didn't want to express her opinion, but when she saw her second and third sisters winking at her, she couldn't help but chime in: "Mom, it's all your fault for giving birth to us so beautifully. We have so many choices. If only you..."

"How dare you talk like that!" Tang Xin suddenly turned her gun around, stared at the fourth girl, and said angrily: "If you could go out more often like your two sisters, I wouldn't worry about you!"

Zhang Bei, Zhang Long and Zhang Hu were laughing secretly in the living room. Zhang Nuo and his younger brother Zhang Hao were watching the fun at the dining table with wide eyes. Zhang Feng looked at her two sisters helplessly, which made Tang Xin very anxious.

Fortunately, Director Wang Sumei and Liu Yuan quickly brought photos of a dozen girls and a dozen documents, successfully shifting Tang Xin's attention from the girls to her sons.

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In this world, everyone’s worries are different, even within a family.

Just when Tang Xin forcefully asked her three sons to each choose a girl's photo and prepare for a blind date in a few days, Tang Ming and Xu Jiefeng were also worrying about their children at the home of their eldest son Tang Ren at The Peak in Hong Kong Island!

To be precise, he was worried about Tang Ren's fifth concubine's mother and sixth concubine's parents. These three old men and women also needed the 120-year lifespan potion.

On the contrary, the parents of Tang Ren's first, second, third and fourth concubines died early, so they did not have any trouble in this regard.

Tang Ming frowned and looked at his eldest son Tang Ren. "The price of the Life 120 potion sold by Heping is 120 billion RMB per bottle. How much do you plan to pay?"

Tang Ren naturally didn't want to pay this money, otherwise he wouldn't have come to his father Tang Ming. Wouldn't it be more convenient to find his fourth sister Tang Xin?

"Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, not to mention that he is just your brother-in-law!" Tang Ming frowned and said, "Just ask Heping for the price and when the medicine will be available, and then tell your wives!"

As Tang Ming said, even brothers must settle accounts clearly!

If Tang Ren asked Zhang Heping for the price, although the price might be discounted and he might be able to get the medicine, Tang Ren didn't want to pay the money.

Tang Ming asked him to tell the six wives to let the first four wives persuade the fifth and sixth wives, and let them find ways to pay for the medicine of their elders.

After all, Tang Lie, Tang Qiang and other children and grandchildren already have their own families and careers. Although they have not split up openly, they are actually doing their own things.

Tang Ren hesitated for a while before speaking, "Dad, what do you think about letting them use the 100-year life potion?"

Tang Ming shook his head. "Only they can bring up this kind of thing themselves. You can't say a word!"

Xu Jiefeng next to him interrupted, "The 100-year life potion has many side effects, one of which is that the new life potion cannot be used."

"That is to say, after using the 100-year life-extending potion, you can only live to around 100 years old at most!"

"In addition, the Lifespan 120 potion cannot be mass-produced. The materials needed for production are difficult to obtain, not to mention that there are so many powerful people who want to use the medicine."

Xu Jiefeng spoke cryptically, but Tang Ren understood.

If the fifth and sixth room's parents-in-law were allowed to use the potion that would extend their lifespan to 100 years, and after they passed away a hundred years later, when the people in the fifth and sixth room saw Tang Ming and Xu Jiefeng, who were still alive and kicking, what would they think of Tang Ren's original decision?

Even though living a hundred years is a good word, and even though passing away at the age of a hundred is a happy funeral, it all seems pale and powerless in front of Tang Ming and Xu Jiefeng.

Then there is the 120-year longevity potion. So many powerful people want to use this medicine. Why do the fifth and sixth room's parents-in-law get to jump the queue and use the medicine?

The key point is that among the Tang family’s relatives, there are more than just the three elderly people from Tang Ren’s maternal parents’ families in the fifth and sixth rooms. Aren’t there any elderly people in the families of Tang Ren’s children and in-laws?

So, when Zhang Heping received the price-inquiring call from Tang Ren, he quoted a sky-high price of 120 billion RMB without even thinking twice!

"Heping, these are all relatives, can the price be lower?" Tang Ren's voice was a little low, and it was obvious that he was speaking on speakerphone.

Zhang Heping replied calmly, holding his phone, "The raw materials for the Longevity 120 potion are hard to find. The price has been this high in recent years, unless I can develop a new type of longevity potion that can be mass-produced."

Tang Ren was silent for a while before asking, "You mean, the price of the Lifespan 120 potion will drop in a few years?"

"It will take a few years to find out. After all, I have issued so many longevity potion advance cards." Zhang Heping did not give a direct answer, but gave an ambiguous reply.

Until both parties hung up the phone, Zhang Heping did not mention the 100-year life potion.

Just as Tang Ming and Xu Jiefeng worried, there is a potion that can make others live longer, so why should they persuade others to use the potion that can extend their lifespan by 100 years?

In a few years, wishing someone a long life might become an insult!

It is so difficult for Tang family’s relatives to get medicine, and there is really no hope for countries like Magnesium, South Korea, India, Vietnam, etc. that have been blacklisted by the Peace Group!

So, would these people be willing to die of old age in their 40s?

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