Chapter 27

After Liu Min finished making the call to gather everyone, several interview vehicles soon arrived at the intersection of Lou Mountain Pass Road and Tian Shan Road. More than a dozen journalists, including writers and photographers, met with Jia Hongjian and others. After giving a brief introduction to the details of the compensation case, Jia Hongjian showed the journalists his chain of evidence.

The evidence he voluntarily presented immediately dispelled the journalists' suspicions. Once they confirmed that Jia Hongjian had at least a one in ten thousand chance of misleading them, they all became highly motivated. "By the way, do any of you have a camera or a camera that can be easily hidden?" Jia Hongjian suddenly had a very, very bad idea.

"What do you mean?" Liu Min seemed to sense something and asked sharply. "I mean, since all of you are the 'kings without crowns,' once you appear, the mall might immediately back down and admit their mistake. That would be so boring, right? If you bring hidden cameras, cameras, or hidden recorders and go with me, wouldn't the scenes we capture be more newsworthy? We need to expose their true ugly faces to the readers and viewers across the country. Otherwise, ordinary people might still think they are easy to talk to when they come to seek justice."

When the little fox spirit Wang Danqing heard Jia Hongjian's words, she immediately looked at him with shining eyes full of surprise. Yes, surprise! Wang Danqing was not a good girl in the traditional sense; she was the queen of the demon clan, a little wildcat! She was the one who constantly played pranks on Jia Hongjian when they were young! The method Jia Hongjian thought of was exactly to her taste!

Just a moment ago, that Li guy was secretly recording them to set a trap. Now, they could use his own methods against him! If the journalists openly brought cameras, Yang and Li would definitely act like upright gentlemen—those despicable people! But if they used hidden cameras and recorders, Yang and Li would think they wouldn't be recorded and would continue to show their evil faces!

This method of setting a trap to get revenge was exactly to her liking! Looking at Jia Hongjian, who was now surrounded by everyone like a star, she really wanted to give him a sweet, big hug and promise never to pull down his pants or play "rape" pranks on him again!

At this moment, Jia Hongjian noticed Wang Danqing's gaze. He turned to look at her, seeing the surprise and admiration in her eyes, and gave her a small wink. He knew what his childhood friend Wang Danqing was thinking, but he wouldn't tell her that this plan was actually a common trope in later web novels, "playing the pig to eat the tiger." He wouldn't even tell her now that he planned to act weak and harmless to provoke the arrogance of the people from Ziyun Mall, and then reveal the truth.

Humiliating them was only fun this way, right? Only by doing this could Yang and Li be made to lose their standing in the future.

"Great idea!" The journalists were also delighted. "Student Jia, this is a great idea. According to the rules of the Journalists' Association, we should report objective facts, but just like the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, if we go openly, the objective facts will be influenced by our identity!" Some TV journalists even elevated Jia Hongjian's idea to the level of journalistic principles!

Next, the journalists who had small recorders borrowed them, and those who had hidden cameras in their bags cut them open. Without Jia Hongjian's prompting, these journalists, who were used to wearing disguises, took off their disguises, looking no different from ordinary people!

"Journalist uncles, aunts, and sisters, don't make any noise when you get there. If your voices are recorded, the interview effect won't be good. Pretend you're just shopping and happened to come over to watch. Don't all go together; spread out and approach from different directions and angles..." Jia Hongjian reminded everyone before they set off.

Hearing Jia Hongjian's words, the journalists were momentarily stunned. If he hadn't reminded them, they would have subconsciously followed Jia Hongjian in a group. "Wow, Student Jia, you're pretty smart!" Liu Min praised him, looking at him with new respect.

"Ha ha." Would Jia Hongjian tell them that this was the result of watching too many movies? In future American spy and detective films, there would be scenes where passersby on the street were actually police or FBI agents in disguise. Would he casually share this secret?

After the journalists dispersed, Jia Hongjian looked at the little fox spirit Wang Danqing, who was still standing beside him. "Let's go. Remember to act naturally, don't overdo it, or you might make a mistake."

When the two of them arrived at the entrance of Ziyun Mall, they saw that the dozen or so journalists were already pretending to be curious and secretly filming near the entrance. As soon as he reached the entrance, he noticed that only Yang Minxiong was standing inside, and Li Kechang was nowhere to be seen.

"Su, you better take the troublemakers away now, do you hear me?" Yang Minxiong saw Jia Hongjian approaching and immediately pointed at him and shouted, "We've already called the police. Don't blame me for not warning you. If you don't leave, you'll be going to the police station!"

After his aggressive outburst, he noticed that "Teacher Su," Jia Hongjian's alias, hesitated for a moment. He immediately sensed something was off! For someone like Yang Minxiong, who was a seasoned socialite, Jia Hongjian's hesitation was like a prey's escape for a predator, a sign that he could be preyed upon!

"Don't blame me for not warning you, Su. Once you're taken to the police station, our company's legal department will immediately file a lawsuit!" He sneered, "Do you know that your behavior is a crime against the people? Do you know that you are deliberately defrauding state property? Huh?"

Jia Hongjian didn't say a word, just stared at Yang Minxiong with a blank look, clearly hesitant and unprepared for the severity of the consequences. "Hmph! We... we are acting according to the law! You, you are the fraudsters!"

Even without Yang Minxiong, even the little wildcat Wang Danqing could hear the lack of confidence and the attempt to boost morale in his voice. She looked at Jia Hongjian in surprise, wondering why he suddenly seemed so weak after talking about exposing the mall's evil face...

Wait! Expose the evil face? Yang Minxiong's face was indeed evil... Could it be that dear Jia Hongjian was just pretending to be weak?

That's right! Jia Hongjian was playing the role of a weakling! With the journalists secretly filming, he couldn't miss the opportunity to act like an upright gentleman. He needed to appear innocent and pure like a newborn baby to the readers and viewers across the country. But he couldn't be too weak too quickly! If he had been arguing with Yang Minxiong and then suddenly became weak and begged for mercy after five minutes, even a fool would notice something was off.

So Jia Hongjian had to use Yang Minxiong's habit of standing on moral high ground to slowly, bit by bit, soften his stance. The first step was to show hesitation in the face of threats! In this era, what could make an ordinary person's legs turn to jelly more than the prospect of facing the police? This wasn't the 21st century; the mainland Chinese people hadn't yet learned the Hong Kong attitude of "So what if the police are here?" If the police came, they would immediately fear being arrested as criminals, because this was a time of strict law enforcement, a time when even street thugs could be targeted!

"Hmph, now you're talking about the law?" Yang Minxiong was more than just arrogant; he looked down on Jia Hongjian and sneered, "Disperse the crowd, and at most, we'll exchange the goods for you. Otherwise, in a few minutes, you won't even have the chance to regret it. Don't even think about the Consumer Rights Protection Law. Is it even useful?"

"But, your store's products are not genuine!" Jia Hongjian weakly protested, just enough to provoke a reaction from Yang Minxiong. "What do you mean, genuine or not? I say it's genuine, it's genuine! The Sony repair center can't authenticate anything! I could even say their repair center is fake!"

"Exactly!" Li Kechang walked over from the side, sneering, "Even if the Sony headquarters in Japan authenticated it, what difference would it make? We say it's genuine, it's genuine! You want compensation? It's already a favor if we exchange the goods for you! Compensation? Pah! Troublemaker!"

Hearing this, Jia Hongjian really wanted to applaud these two guys! They were so cooperative; he only had to pretend to back off a little, and they started to get carried away! They started to speak recklessly! They thought the onlookers had no way to record anything, that no one could catch them in the act?

"Sir, are you Mr. Yang Minxiong from the Operations Department? Hello, I'm a reporter from the Consumer News. Are your words just now representative of the stance of Ziyun Mall? Do you realize that your words are intimidating consumers who are seeking their rights?" Suddenly, Liu Min, who was pretending to be a passerby, stood up with her press card and took out a small recorder from her pocket to record the interview.

"You?" Yang Minxiong was stunned for a moment, but a second later, he suddenly realized something and became furious. "You! How can you call yourself a journalist? Are you speaking for the Party or for the people?"

As soon as he said this, everyone present was stunned. Everyone except him seemed to sense that something was off. "Oh, is this guy from another era? He can say such things in this era? He really doesn't want to keep his job? He doesn't even want to keep his Party membership?" Jia Hongjian was almost laughing out loud. Comrade! Some things you can do, but you can't say, do you understand? Our Party always says it represents the broadest masses of the people. Dear Mr. Yang, you are slapping the Party in the face!

At this moment, not only Liu Min, but even the other journalists were furious. One journalist, without revealing his identity, directly asked, "Do you mean the Party and the people are not one and the same? Do you mean that being the Party's mouthpiece means you can't speak for the people?"

"I..." Yang Minxiong realized it was bad. He suddenly remembered that Liu Min had a recorder! He couldn't let these words be recorded! He instantly rushed forward, snatched the recorder from Liu Min's hand, and smashed it on the ground, tearing the tape out! Evidence, absolutely cannot be left!

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