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

When Yan Jiefang returned to Beijing, it was already noon on May 20th.

He had originally planned to return to Beijing yesterday, but somehow the leaders of the special economic zone found out that he was going to invest in building a factory in Jiangcheng.

I found him yesterday and tried my best to persuade him not to be confused. Jiangcheng is just an inland city with little development potential. How can it be compared to their special economic zone?

Facing the city's top official, Yan Jiefang couldn't go too far.

Although he was only transferred to this position this year, we've had a fairly pleasant working relationship.

Yan Jiefang also gave the reason that the power supply was difficult to obtain here, making it impossible to set up the factory. He only went to Jiangcheng because he had no other choice.

The new mayor is also aware of the current situation in the city; there is a power shortage everywhere, and large-scale "three days on, four days off" power outages are common.

Regardless of whether it is state-owned, private, or Hong Kong-funded, the power grid operates on a rotating schedule by region. When it is a region's turn, the vast majority of industrial users within that region will experience a power outage.

Like many factories, chip manufacturing plants cannot afford frequent power outages, as each outage results in a significant loss.

For more advanced chip manufacturers, the losses would be even greater.

In this situation, who can handle it?

Hopefully things will improve after the No. 1 300,000 kW unit of the Mawan Power Plant is connected to the grid in August!

That day, the mayor talked on and on for several hours, and even ate lunch at the company cafeteria.

Upon seeing the large chicken leg on the staff lunch, the new mayor praised it while eating:

"Comrade Yan, your company's benefits are really good! The employee meals are all free, but the quality is not compromised at all!"

Other companies and factories should learn from you!

In the afternoon, Yan Jiefang finally saw off the new mayor, but there were no flights available for today, so he had to wait another day.

...

Before going to bed that night, Liu Ruyan told Yan Jiefang something:

"A few days ago, I heard that something big happened in courtyard number 95."

Yan Jiefang earnestly played the straight man in the comedy duo:

"Oh? What is it?"

"You know a resident in that courtyard named Liugen, right?"

"I know, so what?"

"Isn't his son a middleman working with Bang Geng?"

"That's true."

"His son is dead!"

"Oh? How did he die?"

"I heard he was shot and killed in the street while on business in Moscow!"

"robbery?"

"No, I heard that the boy took a fancy to a pretty Russian girl, went over to chat her up, and was shot dead by the girl's companion!"

"Oh, this...this is totally deserved! Did they think we were back home?"

"Bang-geng and Lee Hyun-young's son, Lee Lei, couldn't bring back a corpse, so they could only cut off an ear and bring it back."

Upon hearing this, Yan Jiefang almost burst out laughing.

So you think it's about earning military merits in ancient battles?

"and then?"

"The Liu family in courtyard No. 95 is making trouble with the Jia family. He even threw his ear on the ground and demanded that the Jia family pay him 100,000 yuan. This matter is not over until they pay him 100,000 yuan."

Yan Jiefang thought about it and realized that these days, human life seems to be worthless.

He had heard of many cases of hiring someone to commit murder.

People would dare to take action even with 50,000 or 10,000 or 20,000

"The Jia family would never give that money."

"Jia Zhangshi and the others really didn't give a single penny. After all, no matter how you look at it, it was Liu Gen's son who brought this upon himself."

Unconvinced, Liu Gen went to the police station to report the incident, but the police said that since the person hadn't committed a crime, they couldn't do anything about it.

Besides, your son was beaten to death by foreigners abroad; it's not their responsibility.

...

On May 21st, Yan Jiefang flew to Irbid with the football team. (This was two days later than the actual departure time.)

They first landed at Alia International Airport in Amman, the capital of Jordan, and then traveled about 80 kilometers north to Irbid, a city in the competition area, where they checked into a designated hotel.

The first round-robin group stage will run from the 22nd to the 30th.

With the Yan brothers in the game, there's no suspense left in this competition.

After all, they were playing kung fu soccer.

For nearly ten days, Yan Jiefang felt he couldn't stay idle.

So, starting on the night of the 23rd, he traveled around several nearby countries.

Many of the countries here are most famous in the world for their oil.

But besides oil, there are also plenty of gems and gold here.

Within just one week, banks and jewelry stores in many cities within a 500-kilometer radius suffered.

Afterwards, according to incomplete official statistics, as much as $26.8 billion in US dollars were stolen!

More than 1300 tons of gold were lost!

The variety of gemstones and gold jewelry is countless.

When Yan Jiefang, who had already returned to China, saw this news, he was completely bewildered.

He clearly only took $2.68 million, more than 130 tons of gold bars, and some jewelry and diamonds, so how did it suddenly increase tenfold?

No, you foreigners have also learned how to balance accounts, haven't you?

And the flatness is even more ruthless than the daily life?

...

After returning to China, the Yan brothers went to Chengdu to play the next round of the group stage.

Yan Jiefang then stopped traveling with them and went directly back to Beijing.

It was already June, and as soon as he returned to the capital, he heard many people discussing a sensational case that had shaken the entire city.

The K3 Sino-Russian train robbery (the May 26th incident).

Train K3: Beijing → Erenhot → Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia → Moscow, a total distance of 7826 kilometers, 6 days and 5 nights.

After leaving the border on May 26, the train was subjected to a series of robberies and attacks.

This robbery was mainly carried out by four major gangs (almost all of whom were from Beijing).

They are:

1. Newton (Niu Liqiang) gang: ruthless, possessing gas guns, primarily committing crimes within Russia.

2. Miao Binglin's gang: They operated the K3 highway for a long time and committed multiple crimes.

3. Zhu Xingjin's gang.

4. Zhao Jinhua's (nicknamed Second Sister, female leader) gang, which is known for its female-led robberies, is very famous in this line of work.

When they arrived at the final stop and got off the bus, all the passengers were exhausted and penniless.

After all, they've been plundered four times in a row; it's a miracle they didn't get a scrap of oil off them.

I heard that Bang Geng and his group were also on this bus, so we just happened to catch up this time.

Yan Jiefang wasn't too concerned about this matter. He rested in Beijing for a few days and waited for his second and third sons to return from their football game before heading south again.

The more than 200 million US dollars in cash we obtained this time need to be deposited into an account in Hong Kong, with a small portion of it deposited first.

Next year, it can be used to invest in construction projects in Jiangcheng.

Just like in China, he opened multiple accounts here, each with $200-500 million deposited.

Quite a few, but not too many.

He didn't want to deposit money only to have it all stolen when he tried to withdraw it later.

Even if he manages to find them and send them to mine underground, so what?

All the money is gone.

After finishing this task, he returned to the Special Economic Zone and began setting up the silicon wafer factory, while continuing to look for a suitable location for a chemical plant.