Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 827: The Relatives Who Are Begging for Money

After the fighting broke out in the Middle East, Zhang Heping had more free time and no longer had to go to meetings every day.

Zhang Heping could not leave the capital for the time being, so Chen Shuting simply changed the venue of the Heping Group's annual meeting to the Great Hall next to the Capital Square.

As early as six years ago, the Great Hall began to rent out its auditorium, conference hall and banquet hall. However, one only needed to submit a letter of introduction, activity plan and other application materials, so ordinary people could not rent them.

For Mr. Hua and Mr. Li, it was just a matter of making a phone call.

On the afternoon of Sunday, January 1, the 27nd Annual Meeting of the Peace Group was held in the Capital Hall.

Zhang Heping opened the show by singing a song called "Believe in Yourself", and then he talked about the No. 1 longevity space capsule launched last year, as well as the research and development progress of related longevity medicines.

Finally, he reiterated future plans such as the Tiangong space station, space cloud computer, and space cloud server.

Tang Xin came to the stage and talked about the "Peace Investment Plan" that was mentioned last year. Unfortunately, there were too few people who quit their jobs to start their own businesses last year, and there has not been any case of anyone taking off and making a lot of money.

Then Chen Shuting took the stage and talked about the group’s achievements last year and its development goals for this year.

Finally, in accordance with Zhang Heping's request, Chen Shuting announced a one-year teaching plan in the impoverished areas of the mainland.

Teaching is entirely voluntary and is not included in personal performance appraisals, but employees who have taught in the field will be given priority for internal promotions.

In addition, a poverty alleviation plan has been added. Each company must implement at least one poverty alleviation project every year. This will be included in the overall performance appraisal of each company and affect the amount of year-end bonus!

The poverty alleviation projects are not limited to the domestic market, as the Peace Group is already developing overseas business.

If Peace Group wants to become a multinational corporation, it cannot be limited to one place.

Finally, there is a chorus of "Unity is Strength" as the closing program!

After the meeting, everyone went to the banquet hall to gather. It was not until 10 o'clock in the evening that the people from the Peace Group dispersed and returned to the hotel.

The next morning, Director Wang brought investment representatives from Qinghai, Gansu and Xinjiang provinces, as well as the head of the Northwest Region of the State Grid, to Zhangjia on the north bank of Houhai to discuss the solar photovoltaic panel power generation project with Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting.

These investment representatives were previously at Shenzhen Peace College. After hearing about the solar photovoltaic panel power station from Zhang Heping, they came up with the idea of ​​giving it a try.

However, when they approached the Peace Group and its renewable energy company, neither side had the intention of collaborating on this project.

However, this project was first proposed by Zhang Heping, and the relevant technology was also on Zhang Heping's side. They were puzzled as to why Heping Group refused to cooperate.

Don’t tell them they don’t understand. Director Wang and Liu Yuan haven’t figured it out either.

Afterwards, they approached the Southern Electric Power Company in Shenzhen with the idea of ​​giving it a try.

Although the Southern Power Grid also rejected the project, after learning that the solar photovoltaic panel power station was proposed by Zhang Heping, the head of the Southern Power Grid gave them two suggestions: to ask the State Grid, or to set up a Northwest Power Company and cooperate with the Heping Group.

At first, the investment representatives from these provinces all wanted to establish the Northwest Electric Power Company because they heard that the Southern Electric Power Company only provided land and people, while the money and most of the technology were provided by the Heping Group.

In other words, they only need to provide a piece of worthless wasteland, which can not only attract investment, but also solve the employment problems of a group of people!

However, when they approached the Peace Group individually on a provincial basis, they were still rejected.

It’s not like the Peace Group has so much money that it can’t find places to spend it, so how could they let them fight on their own?

The key point is that if they do that, the public relations department will have to maintain relationships with multiple provinces, which is costly, laborious, and thankless!

Afterwards, they had to contact the State Grid to break the deadlock.

After listening to their intention, Zhang Heping said, "We can license the relevant technology to you, and you don't have to pay any licensing fees."

"I just want to know how much the State Grid is prepared to pay for each kilowatt-hour of electricity?"

The Southern Power Grid sells electricity cheaply, with one kilowatt-hour costing only a few cents.

At the dinner after the annual meeting yesterday, the head of the Southern Power Company also talked to Chen Shuting and said that industrial electricity consumption in the Pearl River Delta has risen to 3 cents per kilowatt-hour, and they want to increase the selling price of electricity appropriately.

Unfortunately, Chen Shuting didn’t agree!

In order to promote the construction of more thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plants, Zhang Heping's strategy of small profits but quick turnover with large volumes of electricity and low electricity prices will not change.

"The pricing issue still needs to be discussed at the meeting!" The person in charge of the Northwest region of the State Grid explained apologetically: "There are relatively few factories in the northwest, so the purchase price per kilowatt-hour should not be too high."

"Besides, the initial investment in solar photovoltaic panel power generation equipment is not a small amount, and we also have to consider the cost recovery."

"You guys try it first!" Zhang Heping shook his head slightly. He was not optimistic about the electricity cooperation between State Grid and these three provinces.

Without subsidies, it is difficult to promote solar photovoltaic power generation under the low electricity price model!

After seeing these people off, Zhang Heping was called to a small meeting.

There are F-117 stealth fighters deployed on the battlefield in the Middle East, and Zhang Heping is needed to go there to help analyze them.

While everyone was taking a short break, Mr. Hua suddenly asked Zhang Heping, "Heping, how about letting Xiaolong and Xiaohu join the army?"

Zhang Heping was looking at a satellite map. When asked by Mr. Hua, he turned around and looked at him. He frowned and said, "We need to ask their opinions on this matter. I respect their choice."

Respect what the hell!

As a father, how could he not know whether his own son wanted to join the army?

Zhang Heping's words were already an implicit rejection.

But Mr. Hua did not give up and continued, "Don't worry, we will not let them go to the front line when we recruit them. We will only train them as technological pioneers."

"This time, we saw the various electronic warfare aircraft and precision-guided weapons of the Magnesium country. They also realized the importance of new equipment and electronic information warfare."

Zhang Heping pretended not to hear and went back to checking the satellite map on his computer.

Over at Shenzhen Peace College, Zhang Long and Zhang Hu, who did not return to the capital, got unusually angry after being asked many times by several experts and professors whether they wanted to join the army. They blamed them for asking over and over again, even though they had clearly refused!

Although Zhang Long and Zhang Hu did not start a company, they have always received dividends from the family trust fund and have hundreds of millions of dollars in their bank accounts, which is a little more than the money their eldest brother Zhang Bei and second sister Zhang Nan, who are starting their own businesses and spending their money.

Besides, what these two guys are pursuing now is to develop virtual reality gaming equipment as soon as possible!

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It's winter vacation now, and my children have grown up and started to be busy with their own things.

When returning to the capital this time, Zhang Bei, Zhang Nan, Zhang Long and Zhang Hu did not come back with them, nor did the third girl Zhang Nian from the Magic City.

The Zhang family was still struggling with where to spend the Spring Festival this year because Zhang Heping didn't know how long the meeting would last.

However, after nephew Zhang Yi brought his wife Roy and father-in-law Luo Wen to Shenzhen to visit the controlled nuclear fusion device, the Zhang family became somewhat inclined to celebrate the New Year in Shenzhen.

In particular, when Chang Le said that he had to work overtime at the aerospace base during the Spring Festival, with the support of her three grandsons, one granddaughter and two grandsons, Ma Xiuzhen finally decided to go to Shenzhen to celebrate the Spring Festival.

Then, a funny thing happened. Ma Xiuzhen took Zhang Bing, Tang Xin, Chen Shuting, Zhang Feng and others back to Shenzhen first, leaving Zhang Heping, Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi in the capital.

A few days later, Zhang Heping suddenly understood why his mother Ma Xiuzhen went to Shenzhen to celebrate the New Year.

At noon on February 2nd, my two sisters and brother-in-law were eating in the company cafeteria.

When Zhang Heping was having lunch with the Zhou family and four bodyguards, more than a dozen relatives from Zhangjiakou came to the door.

Zhang Heping didn't take it seriously at first. He asked his bodyguard to come out and explain that Zhang Bing was not there, and then he wanted to send him away.

As a result, those people refused to leave the door and wanted the people in the house to provide them with food and shelter!

"Brother Heping!" When Zhou Laoer saw Zhang Heping walking out of the courtyard with a frown on his face, he hurried forward to report, "In the past few years, they always came a week before the Spring Festival, asked Uncle Zhang for money, and then went back."

Zhang Heping patted Zhou Laoer on the shoulder and walked out the door without saying a word.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Heping looked at the dozen men, women, young and old in front of him with an indifferent tone.

The clothes these people wore looked like old clothes from Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi's families, half-new and without any patches; the fur shoes on their feet were the same style as those in Old Zhang's shop; they should have been new shoes when they were given to them.

When these people saw that it was Zhang Heping in person, and the four black-clad bodyguards behind him who were as burly as bears but actually very afraid of the cold and wrapped in multiple down jackets, no one dared to speak for a moment.

Zhang Heping glanced coldly at this group of relatives he had never visited before, then turned around and prepared to go back to his room to read.

"That Sanwa!" A little old man wearing a black leather jacket and an orange down jacket was picked up by others and nervously called out Zhang Bing's nickname.

Unfortunately, Zhang Heping was also the third child, so he was called back by him.

Being stared at by Zhang Heping with a frown, the old man who had just spoken felt a little uneasy. He recalled the last time at Zhang Yi's wedding banquet, when he saw Zhang Heping chatting and laughing with big shots like Mr. Hua and Mr. Li. He was so nervous that he dared not speak again.

"We are here to look for Third Grandpa!" A young man in a long black down jacket said, hiding behind the crowd.

"He went to Shenzhen!" Zhang Heping replied calmly, then turned around and walked towards the courtyard gate.

"Forget it, stop talking!" A middle-aged woman whispered to the people next to her, "Didn't you hear what Zhang Cuiya said? Zhang Xiaosan looks down on us farmers. Let's wait for Daya and Erya to come back and talk to them."

"Are Aunt Zhaodi and Aunt Pandi rich?" a young woman asked in a low voice. "I heard from the village chief that the salary of an official is not high nowadays."

"They all have cars, so how can they not be rich?" someone next to him whispered, "Who among the officials nowadays doesn't have some way to make money?"

"Besides, even if they don't have money, won't they ask the rich Zhang Xiaosan for it?"

Zhang Heping originally just wanted to let them stand in the snow and freeze for a while, and then let them give up.

Unexpectedly, these people came up with a roundabout way to take advantage of him!

Zhang Heping took out his cell phone, thought about it, and gave up the idea of ​​calling the police himself.

Then, he called a bodyguard in and gave him detailed instructions.

Afterwards, the bodyguard went to an Internet cafe in Nanguan Hutong, found Biaozi, handed him a roll of magnesium gold, and then told him about Zhang Heping's request.

Biaozi politely returned the roll of money, but the bodyguard confiscated it, saying that it was the rule of the job.

Hearing this, Biaozi put the money into his pocket, took out three packs of Zhonghua cigarettes, and gave one pack to the bodyguard, but the bodyguard still confiscated it.

"It's company policy that we can't accept it!" The bodyguard shook his head and said without beating around the bush: "Just help our boss get things done."

"Okay!" Biaozi didn't force it, because when he secretly watched these bodyguards in the past few days, he didn't see them smoking, so he just assumed that they didn't smoke.

After leaving the house, Biaozi confirmed with the bodyguard again: "Brother Heping means that we just need to be chased back as vagrants, right?"

"Yes!" The bodyguard put his hands in his pockets, holding his clothes tightly, and said, "Find the police and red-sleeved aunts you know, and send them back to Zhangjiakou as blind migrants. If they have letters of introduction, ID cards, etc., just take them and destroy them!"

There is no such thing as a temporary ID card now. If you lose your ID card, don't even think about buying tickets at the station for at least one month.

"Okay! Leave it to me!" Biaozi said, and took the bodyguard and two followers to another courtyard.

Not long after, the four of them followed a bustling middle-aged woman with red sleeves out of the door.

The group turned left and right, and after they smoked a cigarette, there were 10 more middle-aged ladies with red sleeves in the team.

Then, they split into two groups. One follower, carrying a cigarette, followed an old lady with red sleeves to the police station; the others walked onto Yinding Bridge and quickly came to the door of Zhang's house on the north bank.

In this snowy and icy place, there are still many people setting up stalls and shopping.

When Biaozi and his friends came over, they didn't even notice the group of poor relatives who were asking for money.

Fortunately, the three bodyguards at the door were watching and pointed out several people who were visiting the street stalls nearby.

Biaozi was smart. He did not let Aunt Hongxiu catch the thief, but asked his followers to go up first and pretend to catch the thief.

Look, after the henchman caught the guy in the long black down jacket, he shouted, "Catch the thief! He stole my money!"

This shout immediately attracted the attention of the people around, and those who came from Zhangjiakou quickly gathered over.

"I didn't steal your money, don't talk nonsense!" The guy in the down jacket's face turned red, and it was unclear whether he was angry or embarrassed by being stared at by so many people!

"What are you doing?" The Zhang family members who came with them quickly stepped forward to help, "Let go first, and talk it over!"

The people who came with him also chimed in, "That's right, we Erdan won't steal your money, don't wrongly accuse a good person!"

"It's him!" The little follower in a green leather military coat wiped his nose with his sleeve and said with red eyes: "He bumped into me just now, and then the ten yuan in my pocket for my mother's medicine is gone!"

"Don't talk nonsense, young man. How could Erdan steal your money?" Some members of the Zhang family also joined in, but they didn't notice that more and more people were gathering around them.

"I'm afraid these people are in the same group!" Biaozi began to fan the flames in the crowd, "The New Year is coming soon, and thieves have also formed groups to look for New Year's money. Everyone, be careful with your wallets!"

"From their accents, they must be from other places!" An old lady with red sleeves who was not wearing red sleeves assisted, "Ask them to hand over their ID cards and go to the police station to check if they are habitual criminals who have come here!"

"No! We are not thieves, we are here to visit our relatives at the Zhang family!" A middle-aged woman reacted quickly and hurriedly used the Zhang family next door as a shield.

"Are they really relatives of the Zhang family?" someone asked doubtfully, and the people around them also looked suspiciously at the four black-clad bodyguards standing outside the gate of the Zhang family's courtyard.

"Haha, if you were relatives of the Zhang family, those bodyguards would have been here long ago!" Biaozi corrected public opinion in the crowd, "No matter who you are, in order to prove your innocence, show us your ID cards first!"

"Also, you just said you were here to visit relatives, so you must be from outside the area. Bring out the letter of introduction as well!"

"If you can't take it out, it means you are vagrants. You can't clear yourself of suspicion for stealing the money just now!"

"We have our ID card and letter of introduction!" The old man in the leather jacket quickly took out a black wallet to prove his innocence. "I specifically asked the village chief to issue a letter of introduction!"

The other members of the Zhang family followed suit and took out their wallets one after another.

Some sharp-eyed people noticed that those wallets seemed to be products from Zhang Bing’s shoe store.

Nowadays, not many people can afford wallets, especially leather wallets.

Coupled with the down jackets and leather jackets worn by these dozen people, it really looks a bit like the Zhang family's attire.

Just when some people were speculating that these people might really be relatives of the Zhang family, someone outside shouted, "The police are here!"

However, just as the people around were looking out of the crowd, waiting for the police to come over, Biaozi, with his scarf wrapped around his face, stepped forward and took away the ID card and letter of introduction of Zhang's poor relative...