Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 898: The Japanese Didn’t Kneel Thoroughly Enough

"Besides not embargoing 28nm chips on us, what else does the mainland have?" Old Bu, holding up a stack of agreements in his office, questioned the head of the foreign affairs department. "What I want is the 120-year lifespan potion, understand?"

The fat middle-aged man, who was almost being questioned, quickly replied, "Sir, the Peace Group won't see our people, so we have no chance to negotiate!"

"Being able to ease relations with the mainland and update our weapons and equipment with their latest chips is the limit of what we can do at the moment!"

Old Bu threw the agreement in his hand towards the head of foreign affairs and said seriously, "You agreed to so many conditions from the mainland. You must ask them to help ease the relationship between us and the Peace Group!"

The fat middle-aged man wanted to say that he had mentioned this matter to the mainland many times, but had never been successful.

But he changed his mind and realized that the idea was proposed by Old Bush. He just had to do it, and regardless of success or failure, he would only be an executor and reporter, and Old Bush could worry about the rest.

So, the fat middle-aged man agreed readily and was able to escape from Old Bu's office soon.

The three men and two women who had been waiting downstairs for a long time saw the fat middle-aged man return to the hall, and hurriedly surrounded him, asking whether the agreement had been approved.

The result was obvious. They worked hard to negotiate an agreement for more than a month, but either the domestic side or the mainland side was not satisfied, leaving them caught in the middle.

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At Shenzhen Peace College, when Professor Hua handed the draft of the negotiation agreement he had just received today to Zhang Heping, he couldn't help but bring up the chip issue again.

"Peace, there are still many people in China who oppose the export of 28-nanometer chips!"

What Mr. Hua meant by this was that although the draft of the agreement had been negotiated, it might not necessarily be passed.

Zhang Heping glanced at the agreement, titled "Letter of Understanding." There was only one sentence mentioning the Peace Group in the entire document, which stated that the mainland would promote the improvement of relations between the magnesium side and the Peace Group and the resumption of business exchanges.

Then, Zhang Heping returned the stack of papers to Mr. Hua, just like before, without making any comments.

When Mr. Hua saw that Zhang Heping did not object to the negotiation team and was using the name of the Heping Group to buy time, he felt relieved and his attitude towards Zhang Heping became clearer.

The main reason why the magnesium guy came to apologize recently was because of the Peace Group's 120-year lifespan potion.

If the Peace Group refuses to forgive Magnesium after much negotiation, Magnesium will lose the motivation to continue negotiations, causing the situation to develop in an uncontrollable direction.

Therefore, the negotiation team added a clause to promote the improvement of relations and resumption of business exchanges between the two sides.

In this way, the people of Magnesium will mistakenly believe that they still have the opportunity to resume trade with the Peace Group in the future.

Zhang Heping did not express any opinion, so Mr. Hua did not mention the agreement again and instead asked about the situation at Hong Kong Peace Hospital.

"I heard that someone in the Middle East wants to buy five bottles of 30-year life-extending potion at a price of 5 billion magnesium dollars per bottle?" Mr. Hua's question seemed casual, but his eyes were fixed on Zhang Heping's profile.

"When did it happen?" Zhang Heping took out his mobile phone with a little confusion, and found that there were no unread messages on it.

"This afternoon, a dozen or so people from the Middle East went to Hong Kong Island Peace Hospital. They wanted to buy 5-year-old medicine for the five elderly people they were traveling with. They also wanted to take it home and inject it themselves," said Mr. Hua. "But the hospital didn't agree."

"Afterwards, someone from the Middle East raised the price to 30 billion magnesium dollars per tube, but was still rejected."

"I guess the hospital thought it was a small matter, so they didn't report it to you."

While listening to Mr. Hua's explanation, Zhang Heping checked his emails and later saw this incident in Wei Chunqiao's report email.

Then, Zhang Heping casually said, "120 billion RMB per bottle. That's the price."

Zhang Heping's words were a response to the question that Mr. Hua did not ask.

The previous decision to sell the Longevity 120 potion to foreigners and only accept RMB was originally intended to promote foreigners' acceptance of RMB and expand trade with the mainland.

Now, the Magnesium people are eager to achieve success and have brought the mainland into the WTO, so they must insist on the selling price of the 120-year lifespan potion.

Otherwise, how can we gradually erode the international status of the magnesium industry?

"Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll go check out the nano-silicon carbide production at the materials factory." Seeing Zhang Heping's straightforwardness, Elder Hua stopped talking. "When they heard we were delivering 10-nanometer silicon carbide chips, they raised the purchase price by 2%."

"Stingy!" Zhang Heping laughed. "If these electromagnetic pulse-resistant silicon carbide chips appeared on the international market, the price would increase tenfold!"

"The key point is that the domestic market holds half of the shares in that chip factory, so rounding it off only adds 1% to the purchase price."

Mr. Hua ignored Zhang Heping's joke, waved his hand and walked towards the car that was slowly following behind.

The Peace Chip Factory secretly provided 10-nanometer silicon carbide chips to the domestic market at low prices, with no intention of making money.

Of course, the Heping Materials Factory began stockpiling rice husks and broken rice straw in 87 for the manufacture of nano-silicon carbide, and the material cost is quite low.

In addition, the nanoimprint technology secretly used by the Peace Chip Factory reduces equipment investment by half and power loss by 90% compared to traditional lithography technology.

Therefore, the cost price of this batch of 10-nanometer silicon carbide chips is really very low, so low that after hearing the real cost price and purchase price, the capital even proposed a 20% price increase. It can be imagined that Zhang Heping did this with no intention of making money.

As for what he wanted to do, anyone with a discerning eye knew it, because what he originally wanted to make was a 28-nanometer chip.

The purpose of this batch of 10-nanometer silicon carbide chips is actually closely related to Zhang Heping. More than half of them will flow to Wucheng Shipyard and Xishan Aircraft Manufacturing Plant.

As for the Heping Chip Factory's claim that it produces 28-nanometer chips, there were actually some clues as early as when Zhang Heping stopped supplying mobile phone modules to his nephew Tang Lie, and the Heping Chip Factory was unable to provide the goods.

When his eldest nephew Tang Lie and his group came over, Zhang Heping also gave them a tip that they could go to other factories in the mainland to find suppliers of mobile phone modules.

Immediately afterwards, news came out that the Peace Chip Factory had licensed 28-nanometer chip technology and provided related technical training.

After the news spread, two chip factories in the mainland quickly upgraded and acquired four production lines that the Heping Chip Factory originally intended to use to produce 28-nanometer chips.

Subsequently, there were reports of the sale of 28-nanometer related lithography machines, etching machines and other equipment and materials.

It is only limited to the issue of the January 1th bombing that these equipment and materials have not been allowed to be exported abroad.

This is also one of the reasons why the Magnesium guys are eager to negotiate. They want to import a batch of equipment and reverse-engineer the 28-nanometer related lithography technology.

At the very least, they must buy a batch of 28-nanometer chips and improve their existing weapons and equipment to maintain their global leading position!

The next morning, Zhang Heping was directing an experiment in the space capsule remote control center, but unexpectedly, Mr. Hua walked in with a strange look on his face.

Zhang Heping found that Mr. Hua was not in a hurry to find him, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

As a result, when Zhang Heping and Mr. Hua came out of the biological genetic laboratory building, they were told that the Japanese representative had signed the memorandum of understanding before the Magnesium representative, and only the mainland side had to sign it!

"What should we do with the Japanese people involved in the case?" Zhang Heping was not concerned about the Aso couple, but he had murderous intentions towards Yamamoto Sho.

Of course, there is also Zhang Heping’s heartfelt intention behind the scenes.

"Japan-Magnesium previously wanted to seek civil compensation from the International Court of Justice, but we disagreed!" Mr. Hua said seriously, "Since we have captured the suspects, they must submit to our trial."

"However, the individuals involved in the Mitsui case who were arrested by Japan Island will be tried and convicted by them themselves."

Zhang Heping frowned and asked, "Are they the only people involved in the case from Mitsui?"

"Hmm!" Old Hua responded in a muffled voice, guessing in his heart why Zhang Heping asked this question.

In fact, Mr. Hua knew through his informants at the Umbrella Security Company that Zhang Heping was still sending people to investigate the suspects behind the January 1 bombing, especially those on Japan Island.

Zhang Heping did not express his opinion again and walked with Mr. Hua in silence all the way.

Although Zhang Heping did not say it explicitly, Mr. Hua still guessed what Zhang Heping was thinking.

If the Japanese don't hand over the real mastermind, Zhang Heping will retaliate against the Japanese in his own way!

On this point, Zhang Heping has demonstrated his attitude to the world through the accidental death of the head of the Magnesium intelligence agency.

If Old Bu didn't have some special passwords and permissions, making it inconvenient to touch him for the time being, I'm afraid he would have had an accident!

It is precisely because of these considerations that the January 1th bombing case needs to be resolved as soon as possible.

After returning home, Mr. Hua sat on the sofa and thought for a while, and finally made a phone call.

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Huadu, Baiyun Hotel.

Former Mayor Suzuki had just returned to his hotel room and was worrying about how the mainland would sentence his third daughter and son-in-law when the bedside phone suddenly rang.

"Hello, I'm Suzuki..."

"Hey! Thank you, Mr. Zhou, for letting me know. I'll definitely have the Dongdu Metropolitan Police Department conduct an in-depth investigation to find out who's behind this!"

Former Mayor Suzuki hung up the phone with his brows furrowed in a frown!

If Zhang Heping asked him in person, the former mayor Suzuki would definitely name the people involved in the case from the Japanese government without hesitation, but they were not from his faction anyway.

As for how Zhang Heping will retaliate against those people, it has nothing to do with him.

The key point is that the former Mayor Suzuki has reported the people involved in the case to the Japanese government, but there has been no action, which makes the former Mayor Suzuki uncomfortable.

Former Mayor Suzuki thought for a while, then left the hotel and made a call on his cell phone on a deserted road.

"That agreement of understanding cannot be signed. Someone from the Japanese government must take responsibility!" It was unclear who the former mayor, Suzuki, was talking to, but his tone was unusually firm. "If you insist on shielding those people, then let's see if the mainland will sign!"

At 17 p.m. that day, the mainland capital refused to sign the memorandum of understanding, citing improper handling of the personnel involved, and demanded that the Japanese reinvestigate all personnel involved in the January 1th bombing!

There is actually another reason why the mainland refused to sign the memorandum of understanding: it is waiting for a response from the United States.

After seeing that the mainland had indeed refused his visa application, former Mayor Suzuki rushed back to Japan without stopping, hoping to use his connections to bring to justice all those who had used him, his daughter, and his son-in-law to deal with Zhang Heping!

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Zhang Heping didn't know that because of his momentary silence, the January 1th bombing case, which was originally on the verge of ending, was once again in a stalemate.

However, this has little impact on Zhang Heping. His focus now is on the longevity space capsule.

When Dragon Egg Spaceship No. 1 returns to the ground, he will have to fulfill his promise to Zhao Laoliu to restore Little Zhao Laoer, as well as Lao Zhang's broken leg.

Just when the Magnesium guy insisted on calling Zhang Heping or someone from the Heping Group to negotiate together, the Song family, who had fled to Magnesium in the early years, actually sent people to Shenzhen City to buy the 120-year life potion.

When Mr. Hua heard that it was the Song family from fifty or sixty years ago who sent people to ask for medicine, he immediately had other thoughts in his mind.

As usual, Mr. Hua went to the space capsule remote control center first, and only told Zhang Heping his purpose after they left the biological genetic laboratory building.

Finally, Elder Hua said meaningfully, "Fifty or sixty years ago, the Song family was quite prominent! It was a typical..."

Zhang Heping listened to Mr. Hua's talk all the way. When they reached Villa No. 1, Zhang Heping asked in a deep voice, "Is Mr. Hua warning me that I can't just grab all the power and wealth?"

Mr. Hua didn't respond. "Come to think of it, the Song family also has a courtyard on the north bank of Houhai, not far from your home."

"I suggest that you meet with the Song family and learn about their current situation."

"By the way, they probably don't have money to buy medicine, so they probably want to exchange something with you."

After saying this, Mr. Hua returned to his villa.

As for Zhang Heping, he just thought about it and made a decision before entering Villa No. 1. He asked the bodyguard to bring in a person from the Song family to see what they were up to.

The bodyguard who received the task called a bulletproof SUV and left the academy with the driver on either side.

"Brother Zheng, have you heard about what happened with Brother Lu?" Xiao Huang, the driver, turned his head and glanced at the bodyguard captain in the passenger seat.

Brother Zheng, the bodyguard captain on duty today, didn't want to gossip about the driver Xiao Lu.

But the driver, Xiao Huang, said again, "I heard that the manager above wants to transfer Brother Lu to the security department to retire."

"However, I also heard that he was transferred to the Security Department because he was going to receive the huge compensation of 200 million magnesium yuan from Japan Magnesium."

"Brother Zheng, do you think the 200 million magnesium yuan compensation is real?"

Bodyguard Captain Zheng frowned and said, "Xiao Huang, we've worked together for so many years. Listen to my advice. The boss won't treat you unfairly for the money you deserve. But for the money you don't deserve, even if the boss doesn't make a fuss about it, someone will come after you!"

"Ah?" The driver Xiao Huang obviously didn't understand.

Bodyguard Captain Zheng snorted coldly, "After Xiao Lu was seriously injured, if it weren't for the boss enduring the pain all over his body to save him, do you think he would be alive now?"

"That bastard! The boss has never treated him or his family unfairly and even saved his life. Yet, he wants to betray the boss just for a few bucks from Rimei!"

"Humph! It must be the boss who is suppressing this matter and not letting others interfere. Otherwise, I would be the first one to beat him up!"

The driver, Xiao Huang, understood what was said now. His envy faded a lot and he dared not say anything more.

The black bulletproof SUV quickly arrived at the intersection. After the bodyguard captain Zheng got out of the car, he first explained the situation to the guard. Then, when the guard called to verify, the bodyguard captain looked at the large group of people guarding both sides of the intersection.

Then, the bodyguard captain shouted to the crowd, "Who is from the Song family? Come over here!"

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