Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 859 Boom, Gone

June 11, 19:22.

Huadu, Magnesium, and the National Military Medical Center.

"Mr. Zhang, could your sudden announcement of the recipe for the 100-year lifespan potion last night be related to your lab assistant's defection to the Magnesium Nation?"

On TV, a female reporter in a yellow shirt holding a long black microphone asked questions clearly and quickly.

"There's definitely a connection!" Zhang Heping appeared on the TV screen. "I had no idea where Assistant Lu had gone with his family and the stolen bacterial samples. It wasn't until Magnesium released the NMN101 drug that I confirmed he had fled there."

"Since Magnesium has no age restrictions when selling NMN101, I must stand up and expose their evil deeds that harm humanity!"

"As everyone knows, when Heping Hospital conducts clinical trials for the 100-year-old drug, the patient must be over 90 years old..."

Old Man Lu, three generations of his family, a daughter-in-law, and two students were lying on their respective beds in the six-person room, staring at the news reports on the only TV in the room.

Because of this news, they finally knew why no one brought them food or medicine this afternoon!

If Zhang Heping's announcement of the recipe for the 100-year lifespan potion was the cause, then the result was that the Magnesium man confirmed the authenticity of the recipe and then abandoned Old Man Lu and his gang of useless traitors!

After all, the conditions that the Magnesium agents offered to persuade Old Man Lu to rebel included a resettlement allowance of 1 million Magnesium yuan!

"Dad, ahem... Will Zhang Heping really disclose the method of making the potion that can prolong life to 100 years?" Old Man Lu's son realized that something was wrong, but he was still unwilling to believe that Zhang Heping would give up such a profitable technology.

The reason he had this misunderstanding was that he didn't understand the difference between a potion that extended his lifespan to 100 years and a potion that extended his lifespan to 120 years.

On the contrary, it was Old Man Lu, who had participated in the space capsule experiment, who knew that the Lifespan 120 Potion was not an iterative product of the Lifespan 100 Potion, but an innovative product.

Because the longevity 100 drug relies on critical cancer factors to activate telomerase activity; while the longevity 120 drug extracts active enzymes from specific blood.

Although the effects of the two potions are similar, they are not actually the same kind of potions. They are just called longevity potions.

Old Man Lu didn't expect Zhang Heping's revenge to come so quickly. He wanted to cut off his cooperation with Magnesium from the root.

If the man from Magnesium fails to fulfill his promise, the three generations of the Lu family will have to start all over again in this foreign country. The hardships in the future are not scary, but the confusion and hesitation at this moment are.

Old Man Lu was staring at the TV news, as if absorbed in it, and didn't hear his son's question.

On TV, the question and answer session between the reporter and Zhang Heping continued.

"One day in space is like one year on Earth!" Zhang Heping's voice rang out slowly. "The space environment is like an 'accelerated aging machine,' with numerous factors accelerating the aging of cells, tissues, and organs."

"In order to speed up the experiment, I developed a new life-extending potion in the space capsule."

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"Finally, I need to remind Magnesium that the traitor stole a bacterial culture fluid when he left my laboratory. It's very dangerous!"

Not long after Zhang Heping's interview ended, eight people in white coats wearing white masks, goggles, and white hats entered the ward of Old Man Lu and his group.

Then, the leader in a white coat came to Old Man Lu's bedside and asked, "Where is the bacterial culture fluid?"

While Old Man Lu was still thinking about how to explain this matter so that they could stay in Magnesium instead of being deported back to the mainland, he didn't expect that the eight men in white coats would directly open the suitcases and packages of Old Man Lu and his group.

Unfortunately, the eight men in white coats searched for half a day, threw the clothes, jewelry and banknotes in the suitcases and packages all over the floor, but they did not find anything that looked like bacterial culture fluid.

Just as the eight men in white coats glanced at each other and shook their heads, Old Man Lu, enduring his increasingly dizzy head, quickly said to the empty corner, "I participated in the production of the 8-year lifespan potion, and I also know the advantages and disadvantages of the 160-year lifespan potion."

"In addition, I also know the experimental plan of the Shouyuan-3 space capsule. You can ask your person in charge. Has he heard of the human brain cell biological computer made from omnipotent stem cells..." Before Old Man Lu finished speaking, he fainted on the bed.

Because this ward was equipped with monitoring and listening equipment, Old Man Lu's words quickly reached the ears of the person responsible for this incident.

However, these guys from the US are more concerned about the whereabouts of the bacterial culture medium!

After all, Zhang Heping had specifically emphasized on TV that the bacterial culture fluid was very dangerous!

Although Old Man Lu fainted, his son, grandson and others were still awake.

Old Man Lu’s son naturally knew where the bacterial culture medium had gone, because his son had already drunk it!

Yes, it was drunk by Old Man Lu’s grandson, and nothing happened!

It was through this incident that Old Man Lu discovered that Zhang Heping had been wary of him for a long time!

But this kind of thing cannot be told to the Chinese people in China, because if you do, they will look down on you.

Therefore, Old Man Lu had already agreed on a story with his son, saying only that the bacterial culture fluid had been hidden and that he knew nothing else.

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Because Zhang Heping announced the method of making the 100-year life potion last night, many foreign experts from the Peace Healthcare Research Institute wanted to borrow Zhang Heping's top-floor laboratory to try to make the 100-year life potion, but were rejected by Zhang Heping.

Not long after, the human resources manager of the Peace Healthcare Research Institute called Zhang Heping and said that many foreign experts had to take leave to return home due to family matters.

Zhang Heping speculated that those foreign experts either returned to their home countries on their own initiative or were recalled, with only one purpose: to go back and try to make a potion that could extend their lifespan to 100 years.

Although Zhang Heping disclosed many problems with the 100-year-long life potion, its ability to make people 100 or years younger is truly irresistible, especially for women who love beauty.

In the eyes of those people, the only bad problem is hair loss and tooth loss, but these can be solved with wigs and dentures.

On the contrary, the issue of genetic inheritance that Zhang Heping particularly emphasized has not received much attention or concern.

However, this problem is the biggest problem that Zhang Heping left for the 100-year lifespan potion!

He requires that the test subjects of the drug that extends lifespan by 100 years be over 90 years old. Even if the test subjects become or years younger after taking the drug, they will not have much energy to have a happy sex life and pass on their family line.

Therefore, the chances of these drug testers passing on their genes, which were rewritten by the 100-year lifespan potion, to the next generation are very small.

To be precise, Hong Kong Islanders and mainlanders whose genes have been locked by the 100-year lifespan potion rarely leave descendants.

But it's different with foreigners.

As more and more pharmaceutical companies in various countries announced that they had successfully imitated the life-extending 100-year-old drug, the price of NMN3000 drug in Magnesium, which originally sold for 101 million magnesium yuan per bottle, continued to drop. In less than a month, it dropped to 3 magnesium yuan per bottle!

This shows how much damage Zhang Heping's announcement of the recipe for the 100-year longevity potion caused to the Magnesium people!

Of course, money is not the point.

The point is, many foreigners post on the world's Internet forums, sharing the changes and feelings they experienced after using imitation products of the Longevity 100 potion.

After the elderly use the 100-year lifespan potion, their responses are similar, which roughly means, it’s great to be young!

Those middle-aged and elderly users between the ages of 30 and 50 found that, putting aside the problems mentioned by Zhang Heping, the effect of the longevity potion on them seemed to be surprisingly good, and their appearance gradually returned to that of their 20s.

As a large number of middle-aged users' feedback posts about the 100-year-old potion appeared, young users in their 20s also emerged, showing off their smooth and delicate skin.

Those who don't listen to Zhang Heping's advice are like springs. The more you pressure them, the more they will do the opposite. They won't turn back until they hit a wall!

Since his last public interview with reporters, Zhang Heping has not paid any attention to the 100-year-old life potion. Instead, he has been lobbying those North Soviet experts to immigrate to Hong Kong Island and preparing for the impending collapse of North Soviet.

Zhang Bei and Zhang Nan knew that they had made their mother Tang Xin angry, so they had to compromise and go to the capital for a blind date.

He said he was going on a blind date, but in fact he just went there to meet, exchanged a few words briefly, left his contact information, and then flew back to Hong Kong Island.

In fact, in Zhang Heping's opinion, this blind date planned by Tang Xin and Director Wang was really not very good.

On the contrary, Director Wang's recent organization of blind dates between female nurses from Shenzhen Peace Hospital, unmarried female workers and female managers from Tingmei daily chemical products, Tingmei luggage, and Peace health products factories and unmarried young men from Shenzhen Peace College at the Peace Hotel seems more reliable.

Because these people understand the confidentiality regulations and currently live in Shenzhen, they can meet often during holidays.

Unlike the people from the capital whom Director Wang introduced to Zhang Bei, Zhang Long and others, a long-distance relationship between people who are far away from each other will definitely not last long because telephone and Internet communications are becoming more and more developed.

The days when cars, horses, and mail were slow and a lifetime was only enough time to love one person are gone forever!

Speaking of fast communication, just after the eldest nephew Tang Lie finished his transoceanic call to Zhang Heping and relayed the news that the traitor Lao Lu had joined a biochemical laboratory in Magnesium, news that shocked the world came from Northern Jiangsu.

North and South fell apart, and the bipolar structure that had existed for more than 40 years after the war collapsed!

It seems that there were signs of the collapse of North Soviet Union since last year. As more and more allied countries became independent, all countries realized the end of North Soviet Union.

So, when this day finally came, the reports from media in various countries seemed very lively, as if they had encountered a feast, but the officials of various countries behaved very tacitly and spent the day quietly.

But on the next day, the foreign ministries of various countries took action and began to contact those independent countries, trying to establish diplomatic relations and trade.

Especially those former allied countries that possess heavy industrial production equipment, equipment, and even aircraft carriers.

For this matter, Mr. Hua and Mr. Li even came to Hong Kong Island and invited Zhang Heping back to the capital.

Zhang Heping had already discussed the matter with the North Soviet experts in advance. Now that North Soviet was about to collapse, it was difficult for him to talk to them about immigration.

We can only wait until the former alliance countries are short of supplies and the economy deteriorates further, and then let those North Soviet experts voluntarily propose to immigrate to Hong Kong Island, so that we can better recruit them.

So, as soon as Mr. Hua and Mr. Li arrived, Zhang Heping flew to the capital with his family and bodyguards, carrying a lot of luggage.

The reason why the higher-ups wanted to bring Zhang Heping back was actually related to Beisu.

Do not!

The correct statement should be that it is related to the former Northern Soviet Union!

First of all, the weapons and equipment of the former North Soviet Union were divided up and are currently scattered among the various allied countries.

Although Zhang Heping gave a lot of weapons and equipment drawings to the country, when the time came, many people still wanted to buy some Soviet-made equipment, even if it was just as decorations.

The second is heavy industrial production equipment. Those who only care about their own positions and have not carefully understood the production capacity of existing factories in the mainland think that foreign equipment is good and it will definitely not be a loss to buy it.

These are all small matters, just refute them one by one.

For example, when Zhang Heping went to a meeting the day after returning to the capital, some people, knowing that Wucheng Shipping Company was preparing to build an aircraft carrier, still jumped out and clamored to buy a North Soviet aircraft carrier to enhance the navy's strength. Zhang Heping frowned when he heard this.

Zhang Heping had just returned to attend the meeting and didn't know what they had discussed before. He originally planned to listen first.

Unexpectedly, just as the old man in green military uniform made the suggestion to buy an aircraft carrier, Mr. Yang, who was presiding over the meeting, called out Zhang Heping's name.

Zhang Heping glanced at the excited old man in the green military uniform, then said slowly, "Let's not talk about whether Ou Mei will allow us to buy weapons and equipment from the former Beisu."

"It's unclear whether Europe and Magnesium will find another rival after losing the North Soviet Union. For example, they might use us as an imaginary enemy to maintain the Europe and Magnesium alliance under Magnesium's leadership and prevent it from disintegrating."

"Let's first talk about the annual operating and maintenance costs of an aircraft carrier, especially a foreign-made one."

"Considering that its parts are all foreign-made, maintenance costs account for the majority of the cost. An annual budget of 5 million magnesium dollars should be enough to allow a foreign-made aircraft carrier to barely operate near the coast."

"Just buying an aircraft carrier won't work. If we send one out alone, it'll be a sitting duck!"

"So, should we continue to buy the corresponding submarines, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and aircraft from the North Soviet Union?"

"Now that an aircraft carrier fleet is fully equipped, should weapons and ammunition be deployed? Should we also purchase Soviet-made ammunition?"

The old man in the green military uniform had a dark face and said nothing. It was obvious that he had followed Zhang Heping's words and made a rough calculation in his mind.

It is really not cost-effective to spend billions of magnesium dollars every year to maintain a foreign-made aircraft carrier fleet.

The key point is, this doesn’t even include the money to buy this aircraft carrier fleet!

Another old man in a green military uniform spoke up, "Advisor Zhang, I know Wucheng Shipping Company is planning to build an aircraft carrier. May I ask how much does it cost per year to build one?"

The man's question was rough and direct, but Zhang Heping had to break it down into pieces for him, otherwise how could he get these big men in the military to pay for it willingly!

"Our aircraft carrier was built jointly by the Wucheng Shipyard, Wucheng Iron and Steel Plant, and other military factories. We are able to make the entire ship 100% domestically produced."

"From this point alone, you can imagine how much money our aircraft carriers can save in future maintenance costs."

"Secondly, our planned aircraft carrier fleet will be equipped with miniature thorium-based molten salt reactor nuclear power plants, which will save over 60% in operating costs compared to OMG's nuclear-powered fleet!"

"Then there are weapons and equipment, personnel deployment..."