Chapter 67

"Father, can you help me with something?" Jia Hongjian said to his father. This time, he didn't want to act directly but instead wanted someone else, who was tall and handsome, to represent him, just like Cao Cao did with the Xiongnu envoy. Historically, Cao Cao had the tall and handsome Cai Yan pretend to be him, while Cao Cao himself pretended to be a guard. Jia Hongjian thought his father could pretend to be an entrepreneur from the south who had come to inspect a project, while he himself would act as a subordinate, so that he wouldn't attract too much attention when he tampered with the experiment!

"Are you really going to do this?" Jia Gang asked his son seriously after hearing his plan and the background explanation. "This isn't like the fake games you used to play; this is going against the government... Have you thought about the consequences and the impact?"

Jia Hongjian nodded. "I know that this kind of upholding justice isn't something I should be doing at my age. If no one in this province stood up to fight, why should I get involved... But I just can't stand their collusion!" In his previous life, why did Jia Hongjian's career have its ups and downs? Wasn't it because of his hot temper? Who made him the son of the Jia family? Who made him have such a manly personality? When he saw something he didn't like, he just wanted to confront it directly!

"Father, don't worry. I'm not a child. I won't foolishly rush up to that person and confront him. I have my methods. I'll tamper with the experiment while he's demonstrating it, and in the end, I'll expose him!" Jia Hongjian said with a smile to reassure his father. His words were fine, but he was speaking with the mindset of a man in his thirties, which sounded strange to his father...

After explaining to his father, Jia Hongjian called Bai Yansong and the CCTV team, as well as the crew of "Quality Mileage," to his room. After communicating his plan, Jia Hongjian paused and said, "This time, we're going against the Heilongjiang provincial government, so I'm not forcing anyone. If you don't want to go, you don't have to..."

His provocation didn't sit well with the two groups of photographers and reporters. "Young man, you don't need to persuade us. I'm definitely going with you. We from the Central TV are supposed to be the eyes of the central government. If we are afraid to supervise local governments, who else in the whole country would dare? Besides, you have the courage to stand up to them, and we are much older than you. If we back down, we might as well slap ourselves and be done with it!" one burly photographer said.

"Right!" "Right!" "Exactly!" "Young man, just watch us, there are no cowards among us!" The photographers all pounded their chests, and the atmosphere became heated as if they were going to war rather than exposing a fraud! However, Jia Hongjian noticed that Bai Yansong looked a bit complicated and hadn't spoken.

"What's wrong, Yansong? It's okay, if you have any thoughts, just say them. We're all doing this voluntarily..." Jia Hongjian asked.

"It's not that... Young man, I'm not afraid. I'm... I'm excited! To be honest, I used to be a broadcaster at the People's Square, and I always wanted to work at CCTV as a temporary employee. Now, seeing everyone like this, I feel like I made the right choice! As media people, shouldn't we speak up when we have something to say?"

Looking at the scene, Jia Hongjian suddenly felt a bit nostalgic, as if he had a team willing to follow him again, and it felt like he was back in his previous life, fighting bravely without knowing the future. "Alright! Yansong, you call Wang Hongcheng's company and tell them... we, Shanghai Tencent Technology Co., Ltd., want to inspect their water-to-oil project and will bring a film crew... Oh, our company's CEO is surnamed Ma, Ma Huateng..."

By 4 PM, Jia Hongjian and his team set out, driving a Changhe minivan to the other side of the city center to Hongcheng Technology Company. Jia Hongjian, along with the CCTV team and his parents, were in the minivan, and the atmosphere inside was a bit tense, as if everyone was in a pre-battle state. "By the way, Yansong, do you know the history of this Changhe minivan?" Jia Hongjian tried to lighten the mood by starting a conversation.

"Huh? This minivan? Changhe... Changhe... Isn't it from Jiangxi?" Bai Yansong switched his mind from the pre-battle state.

"Yes, it's from Jiangxi. Do you know what this factory used to make?" Jia Hongjian saw Bai Yansong shake his head and noticed that the others were gradually interested in his topic, so he smiled and revealed the answer: "Changhe used to make helicopters. Our country's Z-7 and Z-8 were made by them..."

"Helicopters?" Bai Yansong and the others were surprised; they really didn't know this. However, after being surprised, they were also relieved. In this era of massive military downsizing, with reduced military budgets, most military factories couldn't pay their workers and had to forcibly transition to civilian production. Factories that used to make guns and bullets started making pots and pans, those that made tanks started making tractors, those that made aircraft radar started making TVs, and those that made fighter-bombers started making motorcycles... So, it was understandable that a helicopter factory would start making cars.

"Yes, during the military-to-civilian transition, the people in Jiangxi thought about removing the helicopter's rotor and connecting the engine shaft to the wheels to make a car..." Jia Hongjian smiled, noticing that even the driver of the Changhe minivan was interested in his story. "At that time, the people in Jiangxi had no experience, so they went to developed countries for inspiration, and they went to Japan. They found a model they liked, which became the prototype for the Changhe minivan. They saw that the car was cheap and practical, could fit seven or eight people, and would likely be popular in China, so they tried to buy the blueprints and authorization from the Japanese manufacturer according to international norms. But the Japanese didn't want to sell, and even asked for over ten billion dollars, which Changhe couldn't afford, as they couldn't even pay their workers' salaries, let alone spend billions of dollars on blueprints."

At this point, Jia Hongjian paused, and everyone in the car was curious. Bai Yansong quickly asked, "What happened then?"

"Then, the leaders of Changhe stayed in a hotel and discussed it. They said, 'We can make military helicopters, so why can't we buy a car, reverse-engineer it, and make a better one? It would be easy! It's giving them face to follow international rules and buy from them. If they don't want to, screw it, we'll buy a car and reverse-engineer it ourselves!' So, the Changhe delegation bought a minivan and brought it back to Jiangxi. The factory technicians disassembled it, and within a year, the Changhe minivan was being bought by the police, courts, and even taxi drivers!"

This story, which would be criticized in the future for lacking copyright awareness and being a copycat, was met with cheers in the car! Even Bai Yansong, who would become a famous CCTV host, clapped in this private setting: "Changhe did a great job! They really made us Chinese proud! Those Japanese are so greedy, thinking we can't make the same thing without their help!"

Seeing everyone relax, Jia Hongjian didn't plan to say more. The contrast in perceptions of copying between different eras was something he, Jia Hongjian, could reflect on alone.

After a short drive, the car stopped in front of a three-story building. As soon as Jia Hongjian got out, a middle-aged woman quickly approached him and asked, "Are you from Shanghai Tencent?"

"Yes, who are you?" Jia Hongjian replied.

"I'm Wang Hongcheng's wife and the vice president of Hongcheng Technology Company. My name is Wang Qilin." The plump middle-aged woman smiled and shook Jia Hongjian's hand. "May I know your name?"

"I'm the head of the NetEase group in the technology department of Tencent Technology Company. My name is Ding Lei." Jia Hongjian smiled and introduced himself, then introduced Jia Gang, who had just gotten out of the car, "This is our company's CEO, Ma Huateng..."

"Hello, Mr. Ma," Wang Qilin said apologetically, "The welcoming ceremony is a bit simple, I'm really sorry, but there's no way around it. Today, the deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission is visiting, accompanied by the Yuanwang Company of the National Science and Technology Commission. Our Mr. Wang is a researcher at the National Science and Technology Commission, so he has to accompany them..."

Oh, so they're wearing a tiger's skin? Jia Hongjian didn't really believe that a person like Wang Hongcheng, who had been expelled from school twice in elementary school and was previously a bus driver in Harbin, could be part of the National Science and Technology Commission. However, he kept a poker face and followed the group into the three-story building. Once inside, they were led to the honor room by Wang Qilin. As soon as Jia Hongjian entered, he was shocked by what he saw!

He saw a document issued by the National Development and Reform Commission to Wang Hongcheng! "This is the document issued by the National Development and Reform Commission when my husband developed the water-based fuel additive. The National Development and Reform Commission values our technology very much. Not only did they not ask us to contribute the formula to the state, but they also allocated 600,000 yuan for research and even gave us a high-end Crown car for easier research..." Wang Qilin explained proudly.

"Next, please look at this. This is a copy of the joint venture contract between the Yuanwang Company, which belongs to the Beijing Military Region and is under the National Science and Technology Commission, and my husband. After signing this contract, my husband became a civilian military officer and joined the National Science and Technology Commission as a chief researcher..."

"This is the certification from Jilin University for our Hongcheng water-based fuel additive... This is the appraisal report from the Tianjin Notary Office for our expanded fuel heavy oil... This is a petition signed by the president, director, and multiple professors of Harbin Institute of Technology, requesting that our Hongcheng water-based fuel technology be included in the Spark Program and the 863 Program... This is the confirmation by the deputy director of the Harbin Public Security Bureau and the Harbin TV crew of the process of turning water into oil..."

Spark Program? 863 Program? Jia Hongjian knew that the Spark Program was a national plan to promote rural economic development through science and technology, a so-called "short, flat, and quick" plan. The 863 Program, proposed by the state in March 1986, was the National High-Tech Research and Development Program! There's no need to explain the 863 Program in detail; it's enough to know that it included plans for gene engineering drugs and advanced large-scale launch vehicles!

How did Wang Hongcheng, a semi-literate person who had been expelled from school twice in elementary school and was previously a bus driver in Harbin, manage to become so influential? How did he make it seem like his water-to-oil technology was the most advanced technology of the end of the century? Jia Hongjian, of course, didn't believe that Wang Hongcheng's technology was real, but seeing all these "honors," it was clear that Wang Hongcheng's influence was much greater than Jia Hongjian had imagined! It wasn't just the military region in the northeast and the Heilongjiang provincial government... It seemed that the Beijing Military Region and the central government... also had people involved...

At this moment, Jia Hongjian fell into deep thought, trying to decide which reality to believe. This reality led him to only two conclusions: one, some people in the central government were simply fools, deceived by a semi-literate person; the other, there was a conspiracy, and Wang Hongcheng was just a scapegoat and a front...

He really didn't want to choose either of these possibilities. However, given that Wang Hongcheng would be imprisoned in Qincheng Prison in a few years, Jia Hongjian thought he wasn't a front, as high-ranking officials wouldn't need to use such a method to make money. In the 1980s, they could make large sums of money by just signing a few papers, and in the 1990s, they could trade with the collapsing Soviet Union through military companies. If these high-ranking officials used such methods to make money, they would be despised by their peers, and their political futures would be ruined.

But to believe that some people in the department guiding the national economy were fools?

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