Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 863: Winning over during the banquet

"Xiao Liang, the big-bellied man who just got off the car is the director of our Municipal Bureau. He has an invitation!"

Chang Sheng, who was originally standing at the entrance of the Capital Hotel waiting for someone, saw the director, the criminal investigation team leader and others get out of the car in the parking lot, and then he decisively pulled a bodyguard into the door.

Chang Sheng hid by the door, pointing at the people in the parking lot, and continued, "The people around him don't have invitations. Don't let them in, otherwise..."

Before Chang Sheng could finish speaking, Lao Geng took out his cell phone.

Changsheng was a little slow to react, and then he heard his cell phone ringing.

He took out his cell phone and saw that the caller ID showed "Lao Geng".

"Remember, don't let them in!" Chang Sheng quickly instructed the young bodyguard while muting his phone. "They're the ones who framed your boss as a murder suspect!"

After saying this, Changsheng quickly left the door and headed towards the Chinese restaurant.

Zhang Heping asked Chang Sheng to greet their director at the door to show a little importance, after all, he was a director.

If Zhang Heping really took it seriously, like Mr. Hua and Mr. Li did, he would be the one who personally greeted them at the door.

Just as Chang Sheng walked up the stairs, he saw Zhang Heping coming down.

"Brother-in-law, it seems that your director hasn't arrived yet!" Zhang Heping said casually without stopping.

Chang Sheng turned around and hurriedly grabbed his brother-in-law, saying in a hurried tone, "I just saw him, but he brought the criminal investigation team with him. I didn't want to bring them in, so I asked the bodyguards to block them at the door."

"Then you go to the stairs to greet him, so that he won't go to the western restaurant in the back!" Zhang Heping replied indifferently, then took Chang Sheng downstairs and parted ways at the stairs.

Chang Sheng stayed at the stairs, using a green plant next to him to hide his figure, and watched Zhang Heping walk straight towards the door.

In the lobby of the Capital Hotel, several short golden pillars and a red ribbon separated the two areas. One area led to the lobby service desk and hotel rooms, while the other led to the Chinese restaurant.

Chang Sheng and his colleagues from the Municipal Bureau were currently in the hall, talking to several bodyguards. Their director was standing to the side holding a red invitation, neither saying a word nor leaving.

When Zhang Heping walked over, their director nodded and said something to him. Zhang Heping nodded politely in response, probably because of the invitation in the other party's hand, but he did not stop and continued to walk towards the door.

It didn't take long for Chang Sheng to understand what Zhang Heping was doing outside.

At this time, who else could Zhang Heping come out to greet him in person except the retired Director Zhao from Xuanwu Hospital!

After Zhang Heping invited Director Zhao and his family upstairs, Chang Sheng pretended to go downstairs and met the director who had just walked over as if by coincidence, and then began to be hypocritically polite.

Coincidentally, the ministry asked the city bureau chief to take away all paper materials about Zhang Heping from the Criminal Investigation Brigade and delete the relevant electronic archives.

Therefore, based on Lao Geng's investigation materials, the director vaguely recognized Director Zhao.

Then he asked Chang Sheng tentatively, "Is that old man just now Doctor Zhao from Xuanwu Hospital?"

"That's him!" Chang Sheng thought the other party felt unhappy because Zhang Heping ignored him, so he explained, "More than 20 years ago, my father-in-law was hit on the head by robbers who were stealing factory property, and he fell into a coma."

"Later, he was sent to Xuanwu Hospital for treatment. Thanks to Director Zhao's help, my father-in-law finally woke up."

Chang Sheng put it simply, only mentioning that Director Zhao helped, but did not say what specific help he had provided.

However, after reading Lao Geng's investigation materials and knowing the history of the Zhang family, the director labeled Zhang Heping as a person who was grateful and able to distinguish between gratitude and resentment.

The reason why I added a clear distinction between grudges and gratitude was that just now in the hall, Zhang Heping ignored the captain of the criminal investigation team, Chief Geng and others he brought with him.

From the fact that all of Zhang Heping's information was taken away and everyone in the Criminal Investigation Team was required to sign a confidentiality agreement, prohibiting the disclosure of any of Zhang Heping's past, it can be seen that Zhang Heping's identity is far more than just the richest man in Hong Kong Island.

Because a capitalist cannot meet such a strict level of confidentiality.

However, when the city bureau chief walked into the Chinese restaurant and saw the old men and old ladies who looked familiar or kind, his heart suddenly tightened.

Although he had learned from his old man that Zhang Heping had a wide network of contacts in the country, he had no clear understanding without having seen him in person, and subconsciously did not take it too seriously.

However, after today, his view changed, and he began to pay more attention to Changsheng next to him.

Chang Sheng didn't notice their director was distracted and continued to introduce: "Today's banquet is in the form of a buffet. You can eat and drink as much as you want in the hall, and you can take it away when you leave to avoid wasting food."

"My wife is over there. Next to her is a friend from customs. Do you want to go over and meet her?"

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"Director Zhao, you saw it with your own eyes just now. The physical changes of Mr. Zheng, Mr. Yang, and Mr. Zhuang are all there. You don't still have any doubts, do you?" Zhang Heping said as he settled Director Zhao and his family in a small booth next to the stage.

"Heping, it's not that I have any doubts, but there are so many people waiting, and I'm still strong enough to use it for the time being." Director Zhao, who has been retired for many years, said with a smile, "You should give it to others who are more in need first. Let them use it first."

Zhang Heping shook his head slightly, beckoned the waiter over, and asked him to bring some drinks and snacks. Then he explained to Director Zhao:

"My No. 3 Lifespan Space Capsule Experiment is currently conducting experiments on induced pluripotent stem cells."

"These cells are similar to embryonic stem cells and can differentiate into nerve cells, cardiomyocytes, liver cells, and more."

"I'm using the computer you gave me to follow medical papers on the World Internet Forum!" Director Zhao interrupted. "What do you need me to do?"

Seeing Director Zhao's serious expression, Zhang Heping went straight to the point: "Reconstructing neurons, brain cell biocomputers, brain-computer interaction..."

Just as Zhang Heping was trying to convince Director Zhao, others also noticed the abnormality here and began to pay attention to the movements here.

Old Lady Zheng looked at Zhang Heping, who was leaning forward and talking to Director Zhao. She smiled and asked the old man sitting across from her, "Mr. Qian, how did Consultant Zhang convince you to work for him for six years?"

Mr. Qian and Mr. Hua smiled at each other and replied, "Even if I could work for him for 120 years for a potion that adds 10 days to his life, I'd be willing to do that."

"It seems there's some unspeakable secret, even to us, haha!" Old Mrs. Zheng smiled and looked at the others nearby. "That Director Zhao should be the second medication expert. I wonder who the other three experts are?"

Elder Hua met Elder Zheng's gaze and shook his head, saying, "Advisor Zhang didn't say anything, but he did ask Director Wang to draw up a list of recommendations."

Old Mrs. Zheng nodded slightly, knowing that the recommendation list drawn up by Director Wang was a concession made by Zhang Heping in terms of the longevity potion.

Instead of handing over the right to distribute the longevity potion to the higher authorities, Zhang Heping let Director Wang act as a middleman to receive information from all parties. In the end, Zhang Heping decided whether to distribute the 120-year longevity potion based on the recommendation list. Although it was not considered as his own decision, it did annoy many people.

Old Lady Zheng suddenly pointed at several groups of young people who were sitting apart and asked, "Xiaobei, Xiaonan, aren't they dating yet?"

Mr. Hua couldn't help but sigh as he watched his grandchildren gathered with the grandchildren of several old friends, who were far away from the children of the Hong Kong businessmen from Zhangbei and Zhangnan.

"After they came back for a blind date last time, there was no further contact." Old Mrs. Yang responded: "I later asked the young people from those families. Xiaobei and Xiaonan left them their mobile phone numbers and QQ numbers, but they never contacted them once."

"After further questioning, the young people finally told the truth. They felt that the gap in family conditions between the two sides was too big. They had not even used a mobile phone or computer, let alone contacted each other afterwards."

"Don't talk about them!" Old Mrs. Zheng stood up and said with a smile: "Even we are hiding in the corner and have not communicated with those Hong Kong businessmen. How dare those young people be so reckless?"

"I'll go talk to them about the use of the Hope Project Fund. Feel free to pick a topic and talk to someone else."

As Old Lady Zheng walked towards the wife of the Hong Kong businessman on Tang Xin's side, Old Lady Hua, Old Lady Li and others also dispersed and went to find Tang Ming, Charter King and others.

Old Mrs. Yang and Old Mr. Zhuang, who were not familiar with the Hong Kong businessmen, approached the two sisters Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandyi, wanting to see if there were any descendants of old friends among the friends they had recently met.

Director Wang and Liu Yuan arrived a little late. When they entered the restaurant, they happened to see Mr. Hua, Mr. Li, Mrs. Zheng and others talking to a group of Hong Kong businessmen.

Just at this moment, Zhang Heping walked onto the makeshift stage and cleared his throat into the microphone standing upright on the stage.

"Thank you all for coming!" Zhang Heping said, and after attracting everyone's attention, he continued:

"Let me briefly explain the 120-year lifespan potion."

"This medicine is indeed better than the 100-year lifespan potion. There's also a 160-year lifespan potion that can be used later. Theoretically, it can extend human lifespan to between 160 and 192 years."

wow...

When more than half of the people in the audience heard this for the first time, they couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, and some people even asked the Zhang family whether it was true or not.

"Cough!" Zhang Heping coughed, and after everyone else quieted down, he continued:

"I personally feel that Shouyuan 120 and 160 are not good enough. First, they can't be mass-produced. Second, the two drugs need to be used together. Third, the blood products are too risky. Fourth..."

After Zhang Heping discussed the shortcomings, he said, "Compared to the uncertain lifespan extension value, the only thing that satisfies me about these two potions is that they can significantly slow down aging."

"As you can see, Elder Zheng, Elder Yang, Elder Zhuang, as well as my father-in-law and mother-in-law, have all seen significant improvements in both appearance and physical function after using the Lifespan 120 potion."

As Zhang Heping spoke, the five elderly people who had just been mentioned immediately became the focus of the scene.

Zhang Heping's voice rang out again, "As I said earlier, neither of these two medicines can be mass-produced."

"The main reason is that there is too little blood available for pharmaceutical production. Blood donors can only donate twice a year. Any more will harm their health."

"As for the production technology of these two potions, I don't care much, but I am worried about the technology leaking."

"If someone with ulterior motives gets their hands on them, it's not impossible that they could keep thousands or even tens of thousands of people captive for their blood to make a potion that can extend their lifespan to 120 years."

"If such an inhumane thing really happens, then my sin will be great!"

"Therefore, I propose to users of Shouyuan 120 that, apart from a mandatory blood test one month after taking the drug, future blood donation for drug production should be entirely voluntary."

Just as everyone was wondering whether relying solely on voluntary blood donations would slow down the production of the 120-day life potion, Zhang Heping said:

"Everyone here is my family and friends, so I won't lie to you." Zhang Heping smiled and said, "Apart from the two 120-day life-extending potions I sold to the Middle Easterners, this was to recoup some research funds."

"For those who use the 120-year lifespan potion, I will give priority to experts who are helpful in developing the 200-year lifespan potion, or the elderly in their families, to give them free trials."

"The recommended age for the Longevity 120 Potion is still 90, which is why my parents, Mr. Hua, and Mr. Li haven't used it yet."

"Of course, if the physical functions of the elderly in your family decline and affect their normal life, such as difficulty in movement, you can also take appropriate medication in advance to improve their physical functions and ensure their quality of life."

"So..." Zhang Heping paused, looked around, and realized everyone's attention was focused on him before he changed his tone. "If it's a medical issue, please go to the hospital first. You can also ask me to take your pulse and prescribe medicine."

Zhang Heping did not clearly state what to do if he really needed the 120-year lifespan potion!

We are all adults, and when we really need help, we will naturally come to you.

Besides, Zhang Heping has already expressed it implicitly enough that the free drug trial is conditional!

What is conducive to the development of a medicine that can extend your life to 200 years?

Would it be beneficial to research and development if I could help the Zhang family solve their problems and allow Zhang Heping to conduct experiments on a 200-year lifespan potion with peace of mind?

The mainlanders were fine, they just helped the Zhang family with power.

The Hong Kong businessmen were somewhat helpless, as their combined wealth was not as much as that of the Zhang family!

Fortunately, these people were smart and they understood the hidden meaning behind Zhang Heping's last sentence, "You can also ask me to take your pulse and prescribe medicine," and decided to have a face-to-face meeting.

The adult world is like this. Zhang Heping said it would be a simple explanation, but in the end it was so confusing that many young people with little experience didn't understand.

Elder Hua, Elder Li, Elder Madam Zheng, and Director Wang all understood that Zhang Heping was subtly trying to win over everyone present, and had invisibly raised their medication priority level.

Of course, there is a big premise here, they must be relatives and friends of the Zhang family!

After Zhang Heping finished speaking, he went off the stage to socialize.

After Zhang Bei, Zhang Nan and other younger generations took turns to sing on stage, other talented people also ran up to the stage to show off their skills in the hope of deepening Zhang Heping's impression of them.

"Advisor Zhang, how is the construction of the controlled nuclear fusion device on the Dapeng Peninsula progressing?"

When Zhang Heping approached the circle of people led by Mr. Qian, Professor Luo Wen, the father-in-law of his eldest nephew Zhang Yi, finally seized the opportunity to speak to Zhang Heping.

This summer, due to floods, Professor Luo Wen was unable to go to Dapeng Peninsula in Shenzhen.

Because of the confidentiality regulations of the controlled nuclear fusion device project team, Luo Wen was unable to inquire about the progress over the phone.

In the past few days since Zhang Heping came back, either Zhang Heping was in a meeting until late, or Luo Wen was teaching at school, and the two of them never got together to talk about this matter.

"It's okay. Professor Luo is on winter vacation, so you can go and have a look." With so many outsiders present, Zhang Heping didn't want to take the lead in violating the confidentiality regulations, so as not to add burden to other staff members.

When Professor Luo Wen heard this answer, he was stunned for a moment, then realized that he was too impatient and shouldn't ask such a confidential question in public.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Qian came over and said with a smile, "I've wanted to visit the Dapeng Peninsula in Shenzhen for a long time, but my health didn't allow it some time ago."

"Thankfully, Consultant Zhang prescribed two doses of Chinese medicine for me to regulate my body, otherwise I would still be lying in the hospital today."

Zhang Heping said helplessly, "How dare you say that? If you had gone to the hospital earlier, you wouldn't have had to wait until I came to prescribe medicine for you."

"My bad!" Old Qian chuckled. "I wanted to save some resources for the country, but who would have thought that Chinese medicinal herbs would be grown on a large scale and exported to earn foreign exchange."

As he was talking, the people from the telecommunications company and the State Grid who had been chatting with Mr. Qian before also came over with wine glasses and stood aside waiting to toast Zhang Heping.

"Oh, right!" Seeing Zhang Heping looking at the State Grid personnel, Elder Qian hurriedly said to Zhang Heping, "The photovoltaic power generation plan you mentioned to the State Grid personnel has already been submitted for subsidies."

“Can you develop photovoltaic power generation as a joint venture and set an example for others?”

Zhang Heping heard this and immediately understood that they were worried that after the subsidy application was approved, no company or factory would respond, so he smiled and said to the people from the State Grid:

"These are all minor matters. Come up with a plan and submit it to the Shenzhen branch of Heping Investment. Together, we can support several units or factories to conduct pilot photovoltaic power generation projects."

Several people from the State Grid were overjoyed when they heard the news, and hurriedly offered compliments and compliments.

Zhang Heping exchanged a few pleasantries with them, then said seriously, "I also have something to ask you. What's the progress of your research on the Three Gorges Project?"

"Also, have you ever considered building a water conservancy project in Altash, Western Xinjiang?"

As Zhang Heping spoke, he pulled out his phone, pulled up a satellite image, and said to the people in front of him, "If we also build a water conservancy project in Altash, western Xinjiang, it will not only stabilize the local water supply but also provide clean water for subsequent photovoltaic power stations."

Looking at the satellite images and dam blueprints displayed on Zhang Heping's phone, Old Qian was amazed at the young man's courage and knowledge, yet also felt somewhat helpless. He secretly lamented that he couldn't bring him into the national team to study those extraterrestrial technologies...