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

The 2001 Spring Festival Gala marked the beginning of the "Selling Crutches" skit, which was followed by several sequels.

This series of sketches can be considered one of Benshan's masterpieces.

It has also been described by some media outlets as "the last classic of Zhao's works".

It was indeed very interesting to watch and was loved by many viewers.

However, no matter how good this skit was, it was still too isolated and unable to reverse the declining ratings.

Starting from that year, the ratings inevitably continued to decline.

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After years of development, climbing the Great Wall in Beijing has become a very popular tourist activity.

Besides the well-known Badaling, there are currently many other places to visit, including Mutianyu, Simatai, Juyongguan, Shuiguan, Xiangshui Lake, and Huanghuacheng.

More than a decade ago, Yan Jiefang and his family visited Mutianyu.

This time, we took the children there, and they chose Mutianyu Great Wall again, a perfect opportunity to revisit the place.

Standing at the foot of the Great Wall, the eldest grandson, Yan Wenhan, held Liu Ruyan's hand, preventing her from buying tickets, and loudly announced:

"Grandma, we want to climb up ourselves, we don't want to take the cable car!"

The second grandson, Yan Wenxuan, also shook his head:

"Yes, this time I'm on Big Brother's side. I'm not taking the cable car either! Taking the cable car is too boring."

The other toddlers also shook their heads in their babyish voices:

"Climb the Great Wall! Climb the Great Wall! I want to climb the Great Wall! I'm not taking the cable car!"

Upon seeing this situation, Yan Jiefang guessed that the children must have already discussed it beforehand.

Otherwise, how could such consistency be achieved?

Liu Ruyan looked at her grandsons and then at the others:

"How about we climb it ourselves this time?"

"Okay, then climb it yourself."

Fortunately, the two elderly ladies didn't come this time, and Zhou's mother stayed home with them.

Otherwise, we would have to split them into two groups and let them take the cable car up first.

All the women who came this time had their physical condition improved by the elixir, making them no worse than adult men. In addition, they did not walk very fast, so they did not feel very tired.

In about 20 minutes, the family arrived at enemy tower number 6 on the eastern front.

In 01, there weren't many tourists at the Mutianyu Great Wall.

There may be even fewer during the Chinese New Year period than usual.

Therefore, no one saw many other tourists throughout the entire process.

That's good, after all, Little Jew is now a nationally renowned superstar, and the three Yan brothers are also super athletes who have won 30 Olympic gold medals.

They are so famous in China that they are often stopped by fans who want autographs or photos when they go out.

If there were more people, their visit to the Great Wall certainly wouldn't have been as enjoyable as it is now.

"The northern landscape is a scene of ice and snow stretching for miles..."

Yan Wenhan's youthful voice rang out from above the battle tower, clear and crisp.

Looking at the snow covering the mountains and plains, Yan Jiefang felt that Chairman Mao's words were extremely apt.

With the help of the Pregnancy-Preserving Pill, his offspring in this world will all be outstanding individuals.

If nothing unexpected happens, the family should prosper for many years to come.

It shouldn't be a problem for them to become a family that lasts for a thousand years.

Unless they each become powerful enough to attack each other.

However, by then, he would have long since left this courtyard world and returned to the "Heaven's Scar" world or gone to another world.

With his accumulated experience in this world, he could only reach the Foundation Establishment stage at most.

Compared to the "Heaven's Scar," we are still just ants, so going to a higher world is the only option.

He estimated that he would need to advance to the Nascent Soul stage to resolve the apocalyptic disaster known as the "Heavenly Scar".

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After the Spring Festival, Yan Jiefang and his family once again took a chartered plane back to the south.

These days, it has become routine for travel agencies to organize large-scale charter flights for travel.

During this Spring Festival alone, more than 50 charter flights departed from Beijing to popular cities such as Hainan and Yunnan.

Therefore, Yan Jiefang's family chartering a plane is not too conspicuous.

After spending about a week in the special economic zone, Yan Jiefang received an invitation from the state.

This invitation was to attend the inaugural National Highest Science and Technology Award ceremony, to be held on February 19.

He had actually heard rumors about this beforehand, but he never expected that he, as a businessman, would be invited.

"I have to go see this kind of event! It's a great opportunity to experience the real scientific atmosphere in China!"

Yan Jiefang made a decision in his heart.

On February 10, he flew to Jiangcheng and spent several days inspecting the two wafer fabs, the pharmaceutical company, and the Qixing Automobile Company there.

He then traveled to Luoyang to inspect the polysilicon factory there.

Due to the booming development of the domestic microelectronics industry, all related industries are making great strides and are very dynamic.

The polysilicon plant is gradually replacing some of its outdated imported equipment with more advanced domestic machinery.

They collaborated with several equipment manufacturers on development.

After several years of development, we have found a path to complete domestic production, and our dependence on imported equipment has been reduced to an almost negligible level.

This was the path Yan Jiefang laid out for the factory, and in the new century, the results finally began to appear.

He patted the factory manager on the shoulder:

"Old Li, you've done a great job. You've worked hard these past few years."

Li Jianguo quickly waved his hand:

"It's no trouble at all, Chairman, you flatter me."

Yan Jiefang shook his head:

"Old Li, you're still the same. Stop being modest. Your achievements are your achievements. The company is fair in its rewards and punishments. You should be rewarded for your merits and punished for your mistakes."

Okay, I'll inform the company's finance department that you'll receive a 50 yuan bonus for your contribution. You don't need to wait until the end of the year; it will be paid to you at the beginning of next month along with your salary.

Old Li was dumbfounded:

"5...50? That's way too much!"

Keep in mind that this was 01, and the average price of residential properties in Beijing or Shanghai was generally between 3500 and 4000 yuan per square meter.

50 yuan is more than enough to buy a house in one of the two areas with the highest housing prices!

Similar to their situation, the 740 team on the other side is also developing quite well.

Currently, the domestic demand for polycrystalline silicon and monocrystalline silicon is very strong. Therefore, although their product quality is slightly lower than that of Yan Jiefang's products, they are still very popular.

However, if they don't keep moving forward, things might not be as comfortable as they are now when 12-inch single-chip chips come out in a few years.

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After inspecting the polysilicon plant, it was already the 17th when Yan Jiefang left Luoyang for Beijing.