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

In September 1993, with the completion of the silicon wafer plant, Yan Jiefang already had the capability to produce 8-inch silicon wafers in the special economic zone.

Currently, the only challenge is the lack of enough skilled workers and sufficient qualified raw materials to meet production capacity.

Workers can be trained gradually, but if the materials are not good, then it's no good.

The two most advanced polysilicon plants in China are currently producing polysilicon materials that have reached the level of electronic-grade polysilicon (9N, 99.9999999%).

It is sufficient to be used as a material for producing 6-inch semiconductor ingots, but it is still somewhat lacking in purity if used to produce 8-inch semiconductor ingots.

Excessive levels of boron and phosphorus will result in the production of a large number of substandard single crystal rods.

Therefore, before their own polysilicon plant is built and put into operation, they still need to import related materials at high prices.

Fortunately, he didn't need to produce 8-inch silicon wafers before the chip factory in Jiangcheng went into production.

All we need to do is import some materials here for trial production.

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At the end of September, "A Native of Beijing in New York" began airing on CCTV-9.

This TV series has helped many Chinese people understand some aspects of the situation in the United States and has also encouraged more Chinese people to participate in discussions about going abroad.

Studying abroad and going overseas continue to rise.

A large number of students who want to study abroad are registering for the TOEFL and GRE exams.

Besides these, the ending theme song of this TV series, "A Thousand Questions," became widely popular in China and became a national hit.

Yan Jiefang had no interest in any of this; he had already boarded a plane from Kai Tak Airport bound for Los Angeles.

His destination this time was New York, so when he bought the plane ticket, he also bought a ticket from Los Angeles to New York.

Not only that, he even bought a return ticket as well.

In 1993, it was possible to buy a complete round-trip ticket in Hong Kong. (This is also possible in 2026.)

This is indeed very convenient and can save a lot of time queuing to buy tickets.

Before leaving, he had tidied up his space, leaving plenty of room.

Although he may not necessarily make any big moves, necessary preparations are still needed.

After all, being prepared for a rainy day is one of his personality traits.

The plane took off at 19 p.m. and landed at Los Angeles airport after about 14 hours of flight.

The time was approximately 17 PM local time.

In this day and age, Chinese people must use the foreigners' lane after disembarking from a plane, and cannot use the American citizens' lane.

You need to go through immigration and customs inspection.

Yan Jiefang followed the flow of people and slowly walked to a counter in the lobby, which was the immigration office's counter.

Show your passport, I-94 white arrival card, tourist visa, and the entire book of round-trip tickets to the other party for inspection.

The other party was a middle-aged American man in uniform. He began his standard questioning procedure while checking Yan Jiefang's identification:

What are you doing in America?

Yan Jiefang appeared calm and relaxed, and spoke fluent English:

"Tourism and sightseeing"

How long do you plan to stay?

"Three days."

"Where do you live?"

"Waldorf Astoria".

The immigration officer glanced at Yan Jiefang with surprise, then waved him away.

Yan Jiefang knew what he meant.

The Waldorf Astoria is one of New York's top hotels, and its daily room rates are quite high, making it unaffordable for most people.

I never expected that someone from a backward country could stay in such a luxurious hotel.

However, considering that Yan Jiefang's English was very fluent and standard, I guessed that he must be an upper-class person in China, so I felt relieved.

Then came the customs inspection.

Yan Jiefang brought nothing but a briefcase.

The staff here opened the bag.

I first glanced at the blue customs declaration form.

He then took out a stack of US dollars stored inside and counted them in front of everyone. Although there were $9600, it was still below the $10,000 threshold.

He put all the money back into his wallet and returned it to Yan Jiefang, waving to signal that he could leave.

It took quite a bit of time to get through immigration and customs, but thankfully the flights to New York were only 2 hours apart, which was just about enough time.

If you also need to pick up your luggage, this time is definitely not enough.

When the plane arrived in New York, it was already past 3 a.m. local time.

Yan Jiefang waited in line for a taxi to take him to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

The car left the airport and drove onto the Van Wyck Expressway, where traffic was relatively light in the early morning.

After passing through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, you emerge into Manhattan.

After more than 40 minutes, we arrived at the hotel entrance.

After paying, Yan Jiefang entered the hotel, took out his passport and paper reservation confirmation, and said to the receptionist:

"I have a reservation. My name is Wang Shuiniu!"

The receptionist typed on the computer terminal, retrieved the reservation file, and checked the date and name on the paper.

Then a paper registration form was pushed over.

Yan Jiefang picked up the pen and signed his name.

Then, at the suggestion of the receptionist, I took out $1,000 as a deposit and placed it at the front desk.

After the staff finished counting, they issued a deposit receipt and placed it on the table along with a note and a metal key.

Just as Yan Jiefang was about to leave, a blonde, blue-eyed, Western-looking porter approached, glanced at the note, and then said:

Please come with me.

Yan Jiefang followed her into the elevator.

Upon arriving at the room door, Yan Jiefang took out his key to open the door. Just as he was about to enter, he suddenly remembered that he was abroad and that tipping was expected for any service.

So he took out a $5 bill and handed it to the bellhop standing at the door.

He then went into the house alone, leaving the large foreign woman outside.

He genuinely had no interest in these foreigners.

Although her body odor had been masked by the strong perfume, it was completely unmistakable in front of Yan Jiefang, who found it incredibly intoxicating.

Moreover, he could tell at a glance that the woman had used drugs.

He walked around the suite, glanced at his watch, and saw it was almost 5 a.m., soon to be dawn.

They had no intention of going out to gather information.

I sat down on the sofa in the room and began my practice for the day.

Unless there are unforeseen circumstances, he never misses his daily cultivation practice.

This is his livelihood.

During the day, he strolled around New York's most bustling areas, including Wall Street, Broadway, Girls' Lane, Nassau Street, and Water Street, just like any other tourist with his DSLR camera.

This place truly lives up to its reputation as one of the most prosperous areas in the United States; there are so many wealthy people here!

Everyone has a lot of savings!

Of course, the bank with the most deposits is the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Liberty Street.

That place, twenty or thirty meters underground.

Although the security there was not bad, Yan Jiefang's spiritual sense range was more than 70 meters.