I, Yan Jiefang, will live to 2025 in this courtyard house.

This is just the opening of the court hearing; the results will not be announced for some time.

Besides this incident, there is another matter that has attracted everyone's attention.

That was the case of five time bomb explosions that occurred in succession in a certain place in northern China!

This case resulted in injuries to dozens of people, causing widespread panic.

Yan Jiefang was too young in his previous life and had never heard of this case. He never imagined that such a thing would happen in China in the 21st century.

He's probably been living a peaceful life for too long and doesn't know how dangerous the world can be.

Besides, at that time, there were basically no security cameras installed, and the security situation in China was indeed far from what it would be 20 years later.

...

When the father and his three sons returned to China, it was during the National Day "Golden Week" holiday, when many people with better living conditions began to travel around the country during this long holiday.

Many tourist attractions in China suddenly became incredibly popular during this period.

During this period, many tourist attractions did not charge admission fees or set up roadblocks. Even if tickets were sold, the prices were not as high as they would have been 25 or 26 years later.

Going on a trip is quite worthwhile.

On the other hand, at this time, the construction of the "five vertical and seven horizontal" national highway trunk lines had reached a certain scale after many years of construction.

The "infrastructure powerhouse" is gradually starting to exert its strength.

Yan Jiefang felt this most deeply.

He travels to Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places every year, and each time he sees different changes.

New roads have been built in many places where there were no roads before, and many dirt roads have begun to be paved with cement.

People find it much more convenient to go out than before.

Of course, many poor places haven't changed much, but this will have to be done step by step.

It's impossible to achieve success overnight.

As someone who traveled back from the future, he naturally knew what the future would be like.

In the future, countless tunnels will be dug out and countless bridges will be built deep in those mountains.

Only China can do this.

...

At home in the special economic zone, Liu Ruyan looked at Yan Jiefang, who was sitting in the living room watching TV, and spoke in a bright and gentle voice:

"Old Yan, now that everyone's back, how about we take the whole family on a trip after the National Day holiday?"

Yan Jiefang looked at his increasingly younger wife:

"Okay, what suggestions do you have?"

Liu Ruyan hesitated for a moment, then looked at her sons and daughters-in-law sitting opposite her:

"It depends on the children's wishes; we'll go wherever they want to go."

"Mom, how about we rent a cruise ship and go on a sea trip for a few days? We can even fish and eat sashimi!"

The second son, Yan Xueheng, was the first to raise his hand.

"There's nothing at sea, how boring! It's much better to go on a family road trip! We can go wherever we want across the country!"

The third brother, Yan Xueyuan, curled his lip.

"With so many people in the family, including the elderly and children, why don't we just go to the nearby OCT Theme Park?"

The eldest brother Yan Xueqian's suggestion was perfectly reasonable.

Liu Ruyan thought about her elderly mother, who was over seventy years old, and the fact that her many grandchildren were also too young to travel around, and felt that her eldest son was the most thoughtful.

So the decision was made immediately:

"Okay, we'll do as the boss says, this time we'll go to OCT Theme Park!"

The second and third brothers looked at her in surprise:

"Mom, haven't you been to that place many times before? Why are you going again? Aren't you tired of it?"

Liu Ruyan raised her eyebrows:

"Before, when you didn't have time to stay at home, it was always us women who took the children to go. This time is different; this time, our whole family is going together!"

What, you have a problem with that?

The two brothers quickly shook their heads:

"No! No problem! We'll do as you say! We'll just carry the bags!"

OCT has four main theme parks, each of which is quite large. It would be impossible for Yan Jiefang's family, with elderly people and children, to visit them all in one day.

Since everyone had time, they spent almost a week here, visiting all four venues.

...

After the brief gathering, everyone returned to their respective posts.

In September, the new 180-nanometer lithography machine technology in Jiangcheng was successfully manufactured in the laboratory and began joint experiments with Yan Jiefang's wafer fab.

This is a very important advancement, indicating that the gap between domestic and foreign lithography machine technology is not far off.

Their 0.25-nanometer lithography machine had already begun mass production in the first half of the year.

However, due to insufficient production capacity, it is not yet able to supply products to many domestic wafer fabs.

Their primary priority is to supply Factory 774.

Due to the continuous advancement of chip technology, the scale of Fab 774 has been constantly expanding, and it has long been separated from its original site.

A very large production workshop was built outside the 4th Ring Road.

Yan Jiekuang has risen to the level of workshop director by constantly studying technology and improving his academic qualifications by learning management methods through adult college entrance examination.

The level within a wafer fab is not considered low.

My junior also took the adult college entrance examination to improve his education level. Now he is a senior engineer in the field of chip manufacturing, and his salary is also quite good.

However, they are all quite old, and their current positions are nearing their end.

After all, Factory 774 was a state-owned enterprise, unlike private companies.

In addition to Factory 774, Huahong NEC also took advantage of this opportunity to replace its somewhat outdated 0.35-micron process equipment with Japanese equipment on a large scale.

In retrospect, their joint venture with NEC back then was a complete disaster.

They missed out on any of the opportunities presented by the times and basically just followed in the footsteps of other top wafer foundries.

Their factory director was the one who succeeded Minister Zhang in the Ministry of Electronics Industry. His vision was somewhat limited, and he did not expect that microelectronics technology would develop so quickly.

...

After developing his sports brand, Yan Xueheng set his sights on the e-commerce business, which is now beginning to show promise.

The explosive growth of domestic e-commerce began last year.

eBay, 8848, Alibaba, Dangdang, and other brands that will become famous in a few years all emerged last year.

Of course, these are all leading companies. In addition to them, there are more than 700 other companies of the same type.

Yan Xueheng also sensed the business opportunity and called his elderly father to inquire:

"Dad, do you think e-commerce has potential?"

Yan Jiefang's answer remained very direct:

"This has potential!"

"What do you think about me establishing a related industry right now?"

"No problem, if you need money, just tell the bank or investment company in Hong Kong."

Yan Xueheng clenched his fist and swung it forcefully:

"Okay, Dad's still the most reliable!"

After hanging up the phone, Yan Jiefang made a call to Hong Kong and instructed them to prepare an investment plan.