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

Thinking of this, Yan Jiefang put Liefeng into his spatial storage, then said goodbye to his wife and left the yard.

Upon arriving at the courtyard in Shajing Hutong, he took out his flying sword again and held it in his hand.

His expression tightened slightly, and he softly recited the incantation for controlling the flying sword:

"The spirit concentrates on the spiritual platform, the vital energy flows through the sharpest point. Riding the void, the blade moves with unstoppable force..."

As he recited the incantation, he simultaneously channeled his spiritual energy into the flying sword.

Three seconds later, the Rift Wind Flying Sword rang out and flew from his hand, hovering three feet above his head, bobbing slightly.

For a beginner in sword control, being able to control a flying sword to take flight in one go already makes one one of the best among Qi cultivators.

Of course, it's also related to the fact that his cultivation level has reached the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Currently, his sword control skill is still at the basic control level of 0/100, according to the "White Sun Flying Sword Technique".

Currently, I can only control the flying sword to attack and block within the range of my divine sense, and the attack range is very limited.

Moreover, the power is not increased much; it is only slightly more powerful than slashing with a sword by hand.

If you want to fly on a sword, you must first reach a certain level of proficiency.

In terms of data, it requires reaching a basic skill level of 50/100.

Yan Jiefang has a personal control panel, so he's not in a hurry at all.

He just needs to practice slowly, and I believe that no matter how difficult it is, he can meet the requirements through his own efforts.

With the flying sword, Yan Jiefang had something to strive for, and he spent about two hours every day practicing flying sword techniques.

It wasn't that he didn't want to practice more, but rather that his cultivation level was limited, and the spiritual energy within his body could only last for such a short time.

This is even with the help of mid-grade spirit stones; otherwise, the time would be halved.

At the current rate of cultivation, you can improve by two points every day, which is one point every hour.

He was fairly satisfied with the speed.

Ten days later, the skill proficiency level reached 20/100.

As expected, the cultivation speed decreased.

Two hours a day will only improve your performance by a small amount.

In early March, after the second and third sons went to school, Yan Jiefang took the eldest son, Yan Xueqian, south again.

In 92, many local enterprises in China had already fallen into a stage of stagnation, shutdown, continuous losses, broken capital chains, and difficulty in paying wages.

In the inland areas, especially in the Northeast, many enterprises are on the verge of bankruptcy, and the number of unemployed people is gradually increasing.

The problem of redundant staff in state-owned factories in many old industrial bases has long been deeply entrenched and difficult to resolve, and the call for reform is growing stronger.

Yan Jiefang knew that this was just the beginning; later on, a large number of factories would go bankrupt.

The number of laid-off workers is simply countless.

He understood the meaning behind the phone call from the leaders of the Special Administrative Region government during the Spring Festival.

The hope is that he can lend a hand and take over some businesses.

However, he has been managing the company for a while now, and although it hasn't been long, he still has a glimpse into some of the ins and outs of it.

These companies on the verge of bankruptcy are basically in debt, and taking them over would be a huge hot potato.

Just accommodating a large number of workers would be a huge problem for the average business owner.

From that time until after 2000, many bosses wanted to acquire the fixed assets (land) of local enterprises but didn't care about the fate of their long-term employees.

However, they used a lot of underground methods.

These past ten years have been truly chaotic.

He has a lot of money and can acquire some factories. In ten or twenty years, the land value of these old factories will skyrocket.

However, the payback period is really too long, so it's hard to say whether we'll make a profit or a loss.

Thinking about these things the whole way, they arrived at the company safely a few days later.

Besides dealing with some minor internal company issues and the Hong Kong SAR government, another reason for my trip south was that Old Chen from Hong Kong called to say that people from the building renovation project on Sugar Factory Street were causing trouble again.

As expected, on their second day at the factory, the secretary of the municipal party committee called to ask if they had time to receive leaders for an inspection.

In fact, both sides knew that the inspection was just a pretext.

Yan Jiefang had already thought this through; if the other party could negotiate properly, everything would be fine.

If it comes to using tactics, he's not someone to be trifled with.

As expected, Vice Mayor Lin visited the next day.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Yan Jiefang's ambiguous attitude gave Vice Mayor Lin a bad feeling.

However, he came with a mission this time.

After all, "eliminating loss-making enterprises" is the city's basic slogan.

The city will strive to seize any opportunity that arises.

"President Yan, the reason I'm here today is that the city is currently holding back a batch of loss-making joint ventures and municipal enterprises. The longer this drags on, the greater the risks to stability and finance will be."

If this continues, the government subsidies will become a bottomless pit, leaving only two options: either go through liquidation procedures or sell the entire land to a real estate developer.

However, we still want to prioritize bringing in real industries to revitalize the economy.

Land should be reserved for industry; only then can there be tax revenue and employment in the long run.

We've selected four companies that still have potential for revitalization. Your main business is high-end manufacturing. You can decide for yourself how to match the supply chain and which company is worth saving.

"Old Wang, could you briefly explain the basic situation to General Manager Yan?"

Mayor Lin looked at another government official beside him.

Yan Jiefang, who was sitting opposite, also looked over.

Director Wang was a thin, middle-aged man, nearing 50 years old. He was the head of the industrial office and took out a stack of documents from his backpack.

They began by meticulously introducing several factories.

"The first one is the Bagualing China Automobile Industry Company."

262 people are registered,...

The second company is Changxin Electronic Components Branch Factory, located in Shangbu Industrial Zone Science and Technology Park, not far from your wafer park.

The factory building has a complete load-bearing capacity and well-equipped water and electricity facilities, making it suitable for conversion into a packaging and testing workshop.

...

The fourth company is Shenlian General Machinery Processing Plant.

The factory is an old municipal-owned plant with complete stamping, sheet metal, and machining equipment, employing 210 people.

When Yan Jiefang heard the first name, "China Motor Corporation," a thought struck him: Is it that China Motor Corporation?

When he heard about the factory later, he was a little stunned.

This factory has the audacious idea of ​​using fiberglass for the entire vehicle shell...

Isn't this even more fragile than Japanese cars?

They are at least made of sheet metal.

After comparing various options, Yan Jiefang decided to take over the Changxin Electronic Components Branch Factory.

This factory mainly deals in the packaging of discrete semiconductor devices, including low-power transistors, rectifier diodes, and Zener diodes.

This is his specialty; he's an expert at it!

In the short term, he plans to completely upgrade the factory and import advanced overseas packaging and testing equipment from Hong Kong to carry out integrated circuit packaging and finished product testing.

Later, the factory will be expanded, and the city will "definitely" agree to this request.

Then he brought back some advanced equipment and built his own 6-inch or even 8-inch wafer production workshop here.

It would be bad if we had advanced lithography machines in the future, but the raw materials couldn't keep up.

After all, China can only produce 4-inch wafers at most right now.