Chapter 59

In a small hotel not far from the train station, Jia Hongjian was waiting with his parents for Sun Yusheng and Shui Junyi to arrive. Standing by the window, he was lost in thought. According to his continuously refined overall plan, the health supplement market was merely the battlefield where he would earn his first substantial fortune; he did not intend to stay in this market for his entire life.

Because, based on his future experience, China's health supplement market generally had a cycle of about three years. After three years, the popular health supplements would gradually lose their luster, and a new batch of products would slowly emerge. Moreover, Jia Hongjian did not particularly like the health supplement market, as it was rife with various black curtains and unwritten rules. The Nantong workshop that produced dozens of tons of Chinese softshell turtle essence from a single turtle was a prime example.

Therefore, relatively speaking, the health supplement market was more suitable for Jia Hongjian to use for exposing fraud. He planned to earn a substantial initial capital, perhaps several hundred million, through the health supplement industry, and then use it to develop other areas, much like Shi Yuzhu after his comeback.

At this moment, there was a knock on Jia Hongjian's door. He opened it to find Sun Yusheng and Shui Junyi. "Little Hongjian, where are your parents?" Shui Junyi asked curiously as soon as he entered.

"They're in the next room. They discussed the plan with me all night yesterday, so they're quite tired. After they got a room, they couldn't hold out and fell asleep. Since the train to Changchun is tonight, I decided not to wake them up."

Sun Yusheng then shook Jia Hongjian's hand and said with a smile, "Little Hongjian, I have something to tell you that might not be so good... Without your consent, I decided to use your famous quote as the motto for the news commentary department..."

"News commentary department?" Jia Hongjian suddenly realized something, "News commentary department? The news commentary department of 'Focus Talk'?"

"You know 'Focus Talk'? This was the name our station chief designated just last week... How did you know?" Sun Yusheng and Shui Junyi were truly taken aback. Although the station chief's designation was not a secret, how could a middle school student in Shanghai know about it?

Jia Hongjian realized he had let something slip and calmly smiled, "Hehe, although I'm just an ordinary person, I know an old man with extensive connections. He heard the news and told me..."

Sun Yusheng and Shui Junyi were immediately enlightened, but they exchanged a glance, both deep in thought. Jia Hongjian, however, was reflecting on their conversation. Of course, he knew about the news commentary department. He also knew that before 'Focus Talk' was launched, CCTV only had a news reporting department, and the news commentary department was hastily established. This department would later gather all of CCTV's famous news anchors, such as Wang Zhi, Jing Yidan, and Bai Yansong. The first product of the news commentary department, 'Focus Talk,' would become the most watched news supervision platform in China in the 1990s.

Jia Hongjian still remembered from his previous life that during his high school and college years, he often watched 'Focus Talk' for twenty minutes every night after the weather forecast, seeing the program expose injustices across the country and journalists secretly interviewing corrupt officials with hidden cameras. The program's influence was so great that even in the early 21st century, there were scammers who pretended to be 'Focus Talk' journalists, extorting money from corrupt officials to avoid being "exposed."

Now, the department that produced 'Focus Talk' and would later produce most of CCTV's new news programs for the next 20 years had taken his words as their motto? In the future, he could tell others, "Go check out the motto of the CCTV news commentary department; it's based on my words!" This seemed quite impressive, didn't it? It felt like he had the air of a national leader. If the motto was even written by him personally, it would be even more like it.

"Ah... Actually, this water-to-oil thing is very suitable for 'Focus Talk' to expose, but unfortunately, we haven't fully prepared our team yet. And I heard that 'Quality March' has already sent a filming crew to follow you? We can't really snatch news from our peers..." Sun Yusheng said with a hint of regret. The station chief had given him until June next year to launch 'Focus Talk,' but he was still regretful to see such a good opportunity slip away.

"Actually, it's no problem..." Jia Hongjian shrugged indifferently, "Who says the same topic can only produce one program? 'Quality March' focuses on the authenticity of products, exposing the fraud of the water-to-oil fuel additive. 'Focus Talk' can expose the fraud of local departments, revealing how local officials collude with the fraudster and why the local police chief personally endorsed the fraudster..."

This statement immediately brightened Sun Yusheng and Shui Junyi's eyes! These two future industry leaders were just starting out and were not yet familiar with the methods of exposing black curtains and unwritten rules. Suddenly, Jia Hongjian's suggestion felt like a revelation!

"Ah!" Sun Yusheng slapped his thigh, "Hongjian, your idea is great! I'll go back to the station and gather a team to join you in the northeast..." As he spoke, Sun Yusheng tried to pull Shui Junyi away. When they reached the door, Sun Yusheng suddenly remembered something and turned back, "By the way, Hongjian, are you interested in being an advisor to our news commentary department? Our department is newly established, and there are many open positions. Although there's no formal编制 (compilation), I can make the decision alone. What do you think?"

Damn! Just by giving a suggestion, I'm going to become an advisor to the CCTV news commentary department? Just by giving a suggestion, I'm going to become an informal member of this national vice-ministerial level department? "Sure, but Sun Brother, you can't check my attendance. I'm still a student in Shanghai..." Jia Hongjian smiled.

"Ha, who dares to check your attendance, I'll beat them up! As long as you can give us ideas, I'll protect you!" Sun Yusheng said, thumping his chest.

After leaving the small hotel and getting back on the road to CCTV, Shui Junyi, sitting in the passenger seat, still couldn't believe what had just happened. He thought for a long time and then asked Sun Yusheng, who was driving, "Boss, do you think people really can't be compared? It's true that comparing people can be deadly, and comparing goods can be wasteful. How can Jia Hongjian, who is only 15, be so smart? We thought for days and couldn't come up with an angle he saw at a glance, as if it were obvious. Compared to him, I feel like I'm just going through the motions, just occupying a position without doing anything..."

"I feel the same way," Sun Yusheng nodded, "You haven't seen it, but I have. I had a classmate like Jia Hongjian. He was incredibly smart, not just in this area but in mathematics. For example, with a calculus problem, while we were still struggling to solve it, he could look at the problem in bed and give the answer immediately, using mental calculation! Later, he went directly to a military academy and joined a confidential department in the southwestern region, developing projects like the two bombs and one satellite..."

"Is that so? I see, now I understand Zhou Yu's feeling. What is the point of my existence when someone like Jia Hongjian exists? It makes me feel like my previous self-assurance was ridiculous, and I almost feel like I have no purpose..." Shui Junyi felt deeply defeated.

"Alright, kid," Sun Yusheng rolled his eyes at Shui Junyi, "Even if we are ordinary people, we have our own careers. We don't need to care about others; we just need to achieve our dreams."

Three hours later, a production team was urgently borrowed from 'Oriental Time' and quickly packed their bags to buy tickets to Changchun. They were going to join Jia Hongjian's northern campaign to expose the fraud. In this production team, there was a young man named Bai Yansong. He originally wanted to be a host at CCTV, but due to a lack of personnel and his lack of television experience, he was temporarily assigned as an on-site reporter.

"Are you Jia Hongjian? I'm the reporter Sun Boss sent. My name is Bai Yansong..." A young man with glasses, looking gentle and refined, extended his hand and introduced himself with a smile.

Jia Hongjian's face was filled with a kind smile, "Oh, you're Yansong. I often hear Sun Brother mention you. He always says you have great potential and will surely become one of the top news anchors at CCTV. You need to work hard and not let him down, okay?" As he spoke, he patted Bai Yansong's shoulder, acting like an old revolutionary encouraging a new recruit.

"Ah? Really! Alright, I'll definitely work hard!" Bai Yansong was initially surprised but then became elated when he heard that Sun Boss had such high hopes for him, not noticing the role reversal.

Hmm... I managed to fool Bai Yansong so easily. Even famous CCTV anchors were quite gullible when they were young! Jia Hongjian thought to himself. His actions were clearly aimed at establishing his authority over Bai Yansong. Although he was younger, he wanted to position himself as someone with higher status. This way, in the future, when he attended events and heard others talk about Bai Yansong, he could interject, "Yansong? He was quite green when he first joined our department. I had to encourage him back then. Now that he has grown so much, I feel very gratified..."

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