Chapter 57

When Jia Hongjian opened the door, he found Liu Min standing at his doorstep with a group of over ten people. Among them, some were holding cameras, filming, and others were holding long microphone rods to record sound...

"Hello, Xiao Jia," Liu Min greeted Jia Hongjian while instructing the cameraman behind her, "Make sure to blur Xiao Jia's face in this segment! We don't want to cause any personal or property risks for Xiao Jia, got it?"

"Sure thing, Sister Liu, you can rest assured, we know the drill!"

"Sister Liu... What's this all about?" Jia Hongjian was completely baffled. What was Liu Min up to? Was she planning to make a documentary with him as the main character? That didn't seem right! They hadn't even informed him! Do documentary makers just show up at someone's door like this? Were they planning to follow him to expose fraud? That didn't make sense either! Jia Hongjian didn't have any plans to fight recently...

"Hongjian, who's at the door? Invite them in to talk..." Su Ping said as she walked into the kitchen, then she was completely stunned.

"Right, right, Sister Liu, come in, everyone come in..." Jia Hongjian decided to invite them in first and figure things out later.

After they sat down and had a sip of the tea Su Ping served, Liu Min looked at Jia Hongjian with a mischievous smile, as if to say, "You little rascal! Not telling me about the good stuff, trying to keep it all to yourself? I caught you, didn't I!" After a while, she said, "Xiao Jia, what kind of relationship do we have? I even helped you last time, but you didn't tell me you were going to Heilongjiang to expose fraud. It was Wang Coulan who told me..."

"I'm going to Heilongjiang to expose fraud?" Jia Hongjian was shocked, "When did I decide that? How could I be the last one to know about my own plans?"

"Didn't you tell Old Luo that you were going to Heilongjiang to expose the water-to-oil fraud?" Liu Min was also surprised. She had brought the most prominent "China Quality Mile" production team from the Beijing headquarters of the "Consumer News" through her connections! If this turned out to be a misunderstanding, she would be out of a job at the newspaper!

"Did I say that?" Jia Hongjian's mind quickly turned, and he immediately understood what was going on. Seeing Liu Min's extremely anxious expression, he guessed that if this was a misunderstanding, she would be in big trouble. "Originally, my family of three was planning to travel to Northeast China and chat with Ma Junren... But since Sister Liu mentioned it, I'll take the opportunity to expose Wang Hongcheng's fraud..."

Heavens! Jia Hongjian was just going to expose Wang Hongcheng as a side trip. If Wang Hongcheng knew that he was taken down by this "young Bao Qingtian" due to a small misunderstanding, he would probably cry his eyes out. Who did he offend?

Liu Min also realized it was probably a misunderstanding, but she was instantly filled with gratitude towards Jia Hongjian—what a good kid, clearly noticing her predicament and willing to change his plans to help her. This was almost as good as having a close friend!

Thinking about this, she quickly introduced the over ten people behind her to Jia Hongjian, Su Ping, and Jia Gang. "These are from our newspaper and the 'China Quality Mile' production team. They will film your fraud exposure process, which will help you avoid some criticism later..."

After the Jia family greeted each member of the production team, Liu Min continued, "We originally planned to start filming from outside the door, using it as material. We believe that Xiao Hongjian will be a significant figure in history, so we wanted to start accumulating documentary material early..."

After a discussion, the Jia family of three agreed to let Liu Min and her team accompany them on their journey.

The day of departure came quickly. The next morning, Jia Hongjian and his family boarded a train to Beijing. After a 21-hour journey, they would stay in Beijing for one to two days before transferring to Liaoning to meet Ma Junren, and then to Harbin to meet Wang Hongcheng.

This time, the Jia family of three was traveling on a train from Guangdong to Beijing. It was the first time they had ever sat in a soft sleeper compartment. To be honest, the soft sleeper compartments of the green trains of that era were not much better than the hard sleepers, just a bit cleaner and less crowded.

In the same soft sleeper compartment, there was a Guangdong native. He looked to be in his early thirties, slightly overweight, and seemed quite shrewd and talkative. Under his conversation, Jia Gang and Su Ping quickly engaged in a lively chat, even discussing their jobs.

"I went to Beijing once in the first half of the year. Oh, I took the hard sleeper then, it was really... I went to Beijing to recruit some college graduates for our company. We were the first private company to openly hold a job fair on campus. After a week of hard work, we only managed to recruit one person..." the man surnamed He sighed, patting his thigh.

Yes, that was the reality of the time. Vocational school students, junior college students, and undergraduate students were all considered state cadres, directly assigned jobs by the state, and enjoyed state benefits. Generally, unless someone was completely crazy, no one would choose to work for a private company with an uncertain future after graduation.

Therefore, in this era, most employees of private companies were high school graduates who had failed to get into college and had difficulty finding jobs. However, it was these high school graduates who were driving the development and growth of China's private economy.

"Wait a minute..." Jia Hongjian suddenly realized something, "Uncle He, did you say your company was the first to hold a job fair at Peking University?"

"Not Peking University, just a university in Beijing, ha ha." Old He corrected him with a smile.

But Jia Hongjian wasn't laughing, "You didn't say wrong, it was Peking University, right? Your company is Guangzhou's Lepai Beverage, right? If my memory serves me right, the first private company to hold a job fair at all Beijing universities was Lepai, and the first one was at Peking University..."

Old He, who had been trying to hide something, stared at Jia Hongjian for a while, puzzled by how this young boy knew so much. He quickly recovered and laughed, "Ahaha, you know? It was Peking University? I heard it from a colleague, I thought it was just a university in Beijing..."

"Ha ha, I saw it in the newspaper in the first half of the year and remembered it." Jia Hongjian made up an excuse on the spot.

In reality, he knew this because he had once been interviewed by Lepai in his previous life. He had hastily searched for Lepai's development history on Baidu, known as "Dunang," to prepare for the interview. But he wouldn't casually tell others about this.

Before Jia Hongjian could ask his next question, Old He turned to Jia Gang, "Master Jia, where are you going this time? To Beijing for a visit?"

"No, I'm taking my wife and child to Beijing for a couple of days to see the flag-raising ceremony, and then we're going to Northeast China," Jia Gang said with a smile.

Old He suddenly became surprised, "You're also going to Northeast China? I'm staying in Beijing for a couple of days and then going to Northeast China too!" "Really? Where in Northeast China are you going? We're going to Changchun first..."

"I'm also going to Changchun first!" Old He was even more surprised, "How about we team up? It would be better to travel with familiar people rather than strangers..."

Before Jia Gang and Su Ping could answer, the reborn Jia Hongjian, who was a genius, suddenly interjected, "Isn't Uncle He going to Liaoning Sports Institute to find Ma Junren? Isn't Uncle He's full name He Boquan?"

Old He's eyes suddenly widened, looking at Jia Hongjian as if he were a monster, "You, you, how do you know?" "Ha ha, the famous Lepai CEO He Boquan, I do know that..."

After Jia Hongjian finished speaking, he smiled without saying more.

How did the "Eastern Magic Water" plan come about in his reborn life? Half of it was directly copied from the historical Lepai plan he found on "Dunang"! In 1993, it was said that Lepai's CEO He Boquan read a magazine on a business trip and learned about Ma Junren's mysterious formula. This inspired him to come up with the idea of "Eastern Magic Water." He then used 50% of Lepai's annual profit—10 million RMB—to buy the formula from Ma Junren and created the health supplement brand "Life Nuclear Energy."

After creating this brand, He Boquan used a series of strategies to recoup the 10 million RMB he had invested in Ma Junren even before the product hit the market! In the following years, Lepai's development case became a teaching example at Harvard University!

Ha, this time it was really a case of the fake meeting the real! Jia Hongjian never thought that he, the imitator and improver, would directly meet the real He Boquan on the road! However, even if he were to compete with the real He Boquan, Jia Hongjian had a secret weapon that could bring down the real He Boquan!

Not because of anything else, but because he was a reborn person! Because he knew many secrets and key points that the real He Boquan of this era could never imagine!

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Some readers have commented that the food intake of the gluttonous little fox spirit Wang Danqing is exaggerated. Here, I want to clarify that it is based on real evidence! The evidence comes from the Japanese television competition for gluttons... In 2005, a very thin artist in Tokyo participated in the competition. Two years ago, he could eat 5 cups of rice in one meal, and in 2005, he could eat 10 cups of rice in one meal. The rice was served in a large pot, and he would eat it all in one go with the side dishes. What does 5 cups and 10 cups of rice mean? In my family of three, my father and I each eat one bowl of rice, and my mother eats half a bowl. The bowls are of ordinary Northern size, which is considered large in the South. So, for a family of three, we can finish 2 cups of rice in one meal. If we exaggerate, the artist could eat nearly a week's worth of rice in one meal... The Japanese gluttons, surprisingly, all had good figures, and the fat ones actually had smaller appetites... How did they stay full? They would go to restaurants in their city, where the restaurants, like those in the US, had "challenge menus." For example, a 3-5 kg plate of fried rice for five people, which had to be finished within 40 minutes. If they finished it without vomiting, they wouldn't have to pay and would even receive a prize... In the preliminary rounds of eating dumplings, the gluttons could eat over 100 dumplings in 30 minutes, and the top competitors could eat 120-150 dumplings... In the 2005 and 2007 championship rounds, there were 90-minute long competitions, where some participants' mouths got tired from chewing, but their stomachs could still eat... Some participants would eat for 40 minutes, then slow down to rest, waiting for their stomachs to empty, and then speed up in the last 20 minutes... These gluttons would often eat a big meal at noon, then buy a bunch of snacks to eat on the way, and then have a second elimination round in the evening...

In 2007, the most shining female glutton, "Spicy Girl" Sone, entered the Japanese entertainment industry as an outdoor host. Once, she and a male host went to Shanghai to eat hairy crabs. They bought 106 crabs in total, with the male host eating 6 and she, a weak woman, eating 100... She had a bit of a show-off personality, but she was genuine. She could eat anything she liked, and if she didn't like it, she wouldn't eat it. She could easily eat 5 kg of rice and even steal side dishes from her competitors, who didn't eat them to save stomach space...

In the TV competition, there were also several housewife gluttons. The hosts joked with them, asking if they had hidden their large appetites from their husbands before marriage. They all said they had pretended to be normal, fearing that their husbands wouldn't marry them if they knew their true appetites...

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