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

The next day, Yan Jiefang led a group to participate in the land auction.

As he had expected, both plots of land were designated for industrial use.

It has no effect on him.

Moreover, this place is too far from Sugar Factory Street, nearly 40 kilometers away, so he wasn't very satisfied.

In the end, they could only return empty-handed.

After thinking about it, he decided to take an unconventional approach and explore the area around Taikoo Place. If there were any vacant lots or land slated for demolition, he might as well buy a few.

Depending on the actual situation, the funds can be used to build staff and family housing or training grounds.

For this matter, he made several trips to the municipal government with the investment company's people, and also met separately with several British people in the city and some local officials.

With only four years left until Hong Kong's return to China, these British are eager to make a quick buck.

With the US dollar paving the way, they were really cooperative.

They gave Yan Jiefang the green light all the way.

Within a few days, he was granted long-term leases for two plots of land.

These two plots of land are a government-owned plot on the boundary of the Shek O Quarry Country Park and a hillside on the west side of Baibi Mountain.

In those days, land in Hong Kong was already somewhat scarce.

Not only is the area relatively small, but the price is also not cheap.

These two plots of land together cover a total area of ​​just over 10,000 to less than 20,000 square meters, but the price is nearly 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

The hillside on the west side of Baibi Mountain is relatively small, covering less than 5000 square meters.

He plans to use this plot of land to build his own vacation villa complex.

He plans to develop a relatively large plot of land near the Shek O Quarry to build high-rise buildings and training grounds.

From now on, the company's welfare housing will mostly be located here.

The villa isn't urgent; Yan Jiefang should contact Lao Chen first.

"Old Chen, when will you finish this project?"

"It'll be finished soon, next month."

"That's fine. I have a construction site that's about to start building mid-rise apartments. Could you take on this project?"

Upon hearing that a task had been assigned, Old Chen readily gave his assurances:

"Yan Sheng, don't worry, you can't go wrong leaving this to me!"

Yan Jiefang nodded. Although Lao Chen's company was not very good at networking, it was quite capable in construction.

There's no problem handing it over to him.

Moreover, he now has a security company with sixty or seventy people under his command. With their capabilities, protecting a construction site is a piece of cake.

At the end of July, the Yan family began to return to the mainland.

After arriving in the special economic zone, Yan Jiefang personally escorted his wife and children to board a plane back to Beijing.

A few days ago, news of another plane crash spread throughout the country.

This time, the aircraft's takeoff flaps malfunctioned, causing the aircraft to fail to take off, run off the runway, and plunge into a pond, resulting in the deaths of 55 people.

With the accident rate these days, it's practically a matter of luck every time you fly.

Fortunately, they were lucky and landed safely without any unexpected problems.

After resting at home for a few days, Yan Jiefang set off for Luoyang.

Previously, there were plans to build a polysilicon plant there, and some company personnel were sent there to handle the matter.

But so much time has passed and the matter is still unresolved, which indicates a problem.

The company's investment there should be a good thing for the local area.

Currently, there are only a few direct flights from Beijing to Luoyang, with only two or three flights per week.

He booked his ticket several days in advance, flying directly from the capital to the northern suburbs of Luoyang. The distance wasn't far, and the flight took just over an hour.

This time, we were traveling in a Y-7-100, a domestically produced small aircraft, a copy of a former Soviet aircraft.

As for the riding experience, if you've ever ridden a rural tractor, it's roughly equivalent to riding a Y-7-100!

The feeling wasn't exactly the same, but it was very similar.

The country still has a long way to go in the field of aerospace.

Yan Jiefang knew that this departure would last for almost 30 years.

It wasn't until the C919 was born that it barely began to gain a foothold.

Although the ride wasn't great, thankfully there were no accidents, and the 52 passengers were safely transported to Luoyang.

Stepping out of the simple terminal building, there were a few cars scattered around the plaza outside.

Yan Jiefang was too lazy to drive himself, so he got into a yellow Changhe van and directly told them the name of the hotel where his company team was staying.

The driver was a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties.

"Boss, this location isn't close, the delivery fee will be 35 yuan."

Yan Jiefang scanned the driver's expression and other subtle details with his divine sense and knew that the old man was asking for an exorbitant price.

This situation is very common in places such as airports, train stations, bus stations, and docks.

He was too lazy to argue with them and simply nodded:

"Okay, 35 it is, but you have to drive fast, I'm in a hurry."

The driver perked up immediately upon hearing that Yan Jiefang, this sucker, had agreed:

"Alright, just you wait and see, I guarantee you'll arrive in the shortest time possible."

After saying that, the young man didn't drive off. Instead, he got out of the car and called a few more people to get in.

They didn't start the car and leave the airport until all the seats were occupied.

The driver cherished his beat-up bread van very much and dared not drive too fast.

With a large number of passengers, the engine would occasionally hum and roar, as if protesting the injustice of the world.

At this point, the driver would immediately ease off the accelerator, afraid of straining the car.

It was only a dozen kilometers, a journey that should have taken less than half an hour, but he drove it at his maximum speed for more than an hour.

The passengers on the train were speechless.

Along the way, many people urged him to drive faster, and the guy agreed verbally, but he didn't do anything about it.

Do what you have to do.

When Yan Jiefang got off the bus, he glanced at his watch and saw that it was already past 11:30.

The company's employees had been waiting outside the hotel since they knew their boss would be coming today.

Upon seeing Yan Jiefang get out of the car, he immediately went forward:

"Boss."

He nodded, looking at the two people in front of him.

They must be salespeople hired by the company later; he didn't know them.

After putting their luggage away, the group went to a nearby restaurant for lunch.

Through the conversation, Yan Jiefang also understood why things were stuck.

According to the information received by colleagues:

It turns out that the leaders of the Luoyang monocrystalline silicon plant, after learning that the purpose of their trip was to build a polycrystalline silicon plant, provided negative feedback to the higher-level approval authorities.

It is said that the existing domestic polysilicon production capacity is sufficient, and redundant construction will lead to market oversupply. It is recommended to postpone the approval of new projects.

As leading domestic enterprises, their opinions naturally receive attention from the relevant authorities.

Therefore, Yan Jiefang's company's project stalled here.

Not only that, the factory's leaders also went to city leaders and the provincial planning and economic commission to complain:

Building another polysilicon plant locally would result in redundant construction within the province, increased pressure on chemical waste discharge, and competition between the two plants for electricity and industrial water within the province.