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

On February 19, the award ceremony for the 2000 State Top Science and Technology Award was held in ***.

Several key figures attended this conference.

Yan Jiefang sat in the back row of the crowd, practically invisible.

This was the first award ceremony, and the recipients were Academicians Wu and Yuan.

The prize money for this year's State Top Science and Technology Award is 500 million yuan, and each winner will receive this amount.

According to regulations, 50 yuan belongs to the awardee personally, while the remaining 450 million yuan must be used as funding for their subsequent scientific research.

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After attending the awards ceremony, Yan Jiefang took the opportunity to learn about some domestic developments.

Although the country has made good progress in recent years, it still lags far behind developed countries.

Even though Yan Jiefang had already put all the blueprints for airplanes and aircraft carriers on the table, it was still very difficult to translate them into practical applications.

The main problem is that I don't have enough money.

Fortunately, he had already heard some rumors that a shipyard and related companies were making preparations.

Once everything is ready, construction on the first vessel and power plant will begin!

This time they have a complete set of blueprints, and it seems they plan to skip conventional power altogether!

That's quite a bold move!

And then there's the Varyag, which I heard was intercepted by Türkiye, a small country, and is still stuck, adrift in the Black Sea.

I don't know when it will be approved.

When I have some free time in a while, should I take a trip to that small country?

The Varyag, that broken shell, probably doesn't have much use to China now, but we can't let this matter go unresolved.

Okay, then let's do it tomorrow.

Alternatively, you can visit the stock markets of several developed European countries and earn some pocket money to take home.

The next day, he bought a ticket for a direct flight to Istanbul and flew straight to his destination.

When Yan Jiefang stood on the land of Istanbul, the country was experiencing the most severe financial storm since the founding of Türkiye.

Numerous small and medium-sized banks collapsed, corporate cash flow was disrupted, foreign capital fled, and stock exchanges experienced severe turmoil.

At the same time, the domestic currency was also depreciating rapidly, and the corresponding prices naturally began to rise sharply.

Yan Jiefang left the airport and took a taxi to the city center.

This is Tahtakale Caddesi (Tahtakale Street).

He had to get out of the car early because there were too many protesters marching on the road.

Yan Jiefang found it very novel to see these protesters holding up banners or flags.

This was the first time he had ever seen so many foreigners marching.

Unfortunately, these people were mostly shouting in Turkish, a language he knew nothing about, so he had no idea what they were saying.

There happened to be a bookstore by the roadside, so Yan Jiefang walked over.

The shop owner was standing in front of his shop watching the commotion.

Yan Jiefang walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and spoke to him in English:

"Hey buddy, get me an English dictionary."

The guy looked at Yan Jiefang, who had an Asian face and spoke English, and immediately labeled him as a fat sheep.

He immediately turned around, took out a thick, small-format book from the store, and replied in somewhat broken English:

"Portable dictionary (Redhouse) $100."

Yan Jiefang didn't care whether he was at a loss or not, and directly paid to buy it.

For him, this small amount of money was not worth worrying about.

After all, based on his years of experience traveling around the world, this situation was all too common.

This guy is still somewhat useful to him, so giving him some money is like paying him in advance.

Yan Jiefang held a portable dictionary and quickly flipped through it while using the "Heaven and Earth Transformation Technique" to access information from the boss's consciousness.

With locals providing hands-on instruction, learning a new language is quick and easy.

After more than half an hour, he had basically mastered Turkish and should be able to communicate with locals without any problems.

So he continued walking along the street.

Desperate cries occasionally erupted from the crowd:

"Oh my god, we're doomed!"

People were arguing in the street, and foreign exchange dealers were shouting out prices over several telephones.

「100，0000里拉兑1美元！100万里拉兑1美元！...」

Reporters also followed the parade, randomly interviewing marchers, passersby, and vendors on the street.

Yan Jiefang followed behind them as a bystander.

When asked by reporters about his recent business situation, a clothing vendor protested:

"Nobody buys anything except necessities."

They saved all their money for bread and daily necessities, leaving no money for anything else.

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After learning Turkish, Yan Jiefang finally understood what was written on the banner:

"Say no to the IMF!", "Get out of the IMF!", "Ejevit, resign!", "Government, resign!"...

Ecevit is the current Prime Minister of Türkiye.

It is said that the trigger for this crisis was his heated argument with President Cézanne over banking corruption.

Looking at the bustling streets and the surging crowds, Yan Jiefang's emotions calmed down considerably.

"Serves them right! A tiny country like yours dared to provoke China; this is retribution."

However, none of these actions were his doing, and they had nothing to do with him.

Now that the fire was already burning, Yan Jiefang decided to add fuel to the fire.

He spent the entire afternoon watching from the street.

In the evening, we visited the Ambarlı A and B power plants, the Esenyurt gas-fired power plant, and various major transmission lines.

The entire city of Istanbul was plunged into darkness.

He then visited various medium and large-sized factories in the surrounding area.

After burying the electricity and industry of this most developed city, Yan Jiefang rode his flying sword directly across the Edirne province, the Mediterranean Sea, Greece, and other places to Italy.

He had heard that the Vatican's library had many Chinese artifacts, and he planned to visit it on his way.

Yan Jiefang only stayed in Europe for about half a month during this trip.

The first stop was the Vatican, and the second and third stops were Paris and London, as well as some surrounding areas.

As a visitor from later generations, Yan Jiefang already knew that many European cities were plagued by the smell of urine.

What he didn't expect was that in 2001, the situation was already quite serious in many public places in Paris.

All I can say is that over the years, those who have returned from overseas have been incredibly tight-lipped!

Or perhaps the filters on their eyes have filtered out these disgusting smells?

Yan Jiefang pondered this problem that was troubling him greatly before boarding a plane back to China.