Chapter 72

The next morning, the two groups set out according to the plan they had discussed with Jia Hongjian. Jia Hongjian led a team from the Quality万里行 (Quality Long March) production crew. They first took a Changhe minivan to Wang Hongcheng's three-story headquarters. When they were about 200 meters away from the building, the car stopped.

"Driver, I have a question. What do you think about water turning into oil?" Jia Hongjian asked the driver casually while searching his wallet for change.

"Water turning into oil? I don't believe it! Are you guys going to buy that stuff? Let me give you a piece of advice: don't waste your money on useless things..." the driver unexpectedly replied.

"Wow, driver, you're the first taxi driver we've met in Harbin who doesn't believe in water turning into oil. Can I ask why you don't believe it?" Jia Hongjian became interested and asked curiously while handing the driver the fare.

The driver glanced at Jia Hongjian and said firmly, "Because I went to junior high school." "Pfft..." Jia Hongjian burst out laughing at this. Did the driver mean that all the officials who believed in water turning into oil hadn't gone to junior high school?

At this moment, Jia Hongjian had an idea. He took out a 50-yuan note and waved it, saying, "Driver, can I ask you for a favor?" The driver looked at the 50-yuan note Jia Hongjian was waving and said, "I won't help you buy drugs." "Pfft..." Jia Hongjian found the driver hilarious. How could someone be so good at making jokes?

"No, driver, we are from the CCTV Quality Long March production crew. We're here to expose the water-to-oil scam. Our group is too large, so we want to ask you to buy two sets of water-to-oil equipment and chemicals for us. We'll pay for it, and we'll give you 50 yuan as a reward afterward..."

"Really?" The driver looked at Jia Hongjian and the group of photographers behind him. After seeing their press credentials, he thought for a moment and said, "Don't trick me, I haven't read much..."

"Ha ha, driver, didn't you say you went to junior high school? Don't worry, we won't trick you!" Jia Hongjian laughed. After giving the money to the driver, Jia Hongjian and his team waited by the minivan. Originally, Jia Hongjian had considered finding a small store owner to help buy the equipment since they had all been seen the previous day. But they unexpectedly met such an interesting driver, so he decided to let this driver, who didn't believe in water turning into oil, buy it.

Before long, the driver returned with two bags. "Here, this is what you asked for. I also got you some manuals and the change." After handing over the items, the driver saw Jia Hongjian about to give him the reward and shook his head, "Forget it. Since you seem to be really here to take down Wang Hongcheng, I won't take your money. But I have a request: I want to go with you today and see how you take him down."

Jia Hongjian looked at the driver in surprise, "Do you have a grudge against him?"

"A grudge? Ha! More than a grudge!" The driver sneered, "Back then, I was his boss, and he was a bus driver under me. That guy never did his job properly. He was always trying to come up with various scams. First, he came up with a perpetual motion machine and went around cheating people with his wife. But it was exposed that there was a hidden button battery inside the machine..."

After a pause, the driver continued, "I criticized him, telling him to live honestly and work hard. But he held a grudge against me. When he came up with the water-to-oil scam, he got the city leaders to fire me from the bus company! I've had it out with him ever since. If it weren't for my family, I would have already taken him down!"

Hearing the driver's story, Jia Hongjian and his team felt sympathetic. "Alright, brother, you can come with us. We'll pay for your car for the day. Wherever we go, you'll take us."

Then, the group returned to the hotel. Under the camera, they followed the instructions in the manual to mix water and gasoline from the minivan, then added Wang Hongcheng's water-based fuel expansion agent. After stirring, Jia Hongjian saw that the mixture in the bucket turned green, and it was hard to tell the difference between water and oil. The first impression was that it was a single type of oil.

"Huh? What's going on? It looks like the water and oil really turned into the same thing?" one of the cameramen asked in surprise.

"Probably because of the coloring agent. Without it, you can still see the difference between water and oil. After adding the fuel, it seems to create a visual illusion, making people subconsciously think the water and oil have become the same," Jia Hongjian explained based on his observations.

Next, they found a few mineral water bottles and slowly poured the liquid into them. As soon as they finished, the driver said, "Wait, why does the gasoline smell so much weaker?"

This reminded the other cameramen, who agreed. "Damn, I bet Wang Hongcheng is using this to cheat people!" Jia Hongjian guessed and began to explain calmly.

"At first, he uses a coloring agent to make everyone think the water has turned into oil. In reality, the oil and water don't mix. When we take samples, we usually pour them out, so the oil floating on top will come out first! If ordinary people follow this process and send it to a notary, the notary will naturally test it as pure gasoline!"

Jia Hongjian's explanation made everyone understand. "Now I get it! The test reports from various notaries in their honor room must have been obtained this way! If they pour out a part and send it for testing, of course, it will test as pure gasoline! But ordinary people, fooled by this trick, won't notice that most of the remaining liquid is still water!"

"Let's find a plastic gasoline container. We'll mix it according to the manual and send the entire container for testing. As long as we don't specify what it is, we'll just ask the notary to certify the composition. The result will be decisive!" Jia Hongjian said calmly.

"Good!" Everyone agreed. After this, they waited for the results at the notary office after lunch. When they received the results, Jia Hongjian looked at them and smiled, placing the certification and notary documents in front of the camera. The report clearly stated that the tested liquid was a "mixture of oil and water," with "30.2% gasoline, 69.77% H2O, and 0.03% impurities..."

"By the way, don't throw away those water-to-oil expansion agents. When you go back to Beijing, you can send them to the national authority for testing and record it. I bet when we raid Wang Hongcheng, his people will say the Harbin notary's results are invalid..." Jia Hongjian suggested mischievously.

"You're right! You're so thorough!" The cameramen praised him. In the past, when they investigated counterfeits across the country, they would directly send the items to local testing institutions and then raid with the test reports. The counterfeiters would either stammer or change the subject. But Wang Hongcheng was different! If the counterfeiters were at the elementary school level, Wang Hongcheng was already at the postdoctoral level! This wasn't just about technical skill but also about his thick skin and madness. At least, the counterfeit shoe makers wouldn't dare to openly tell the central government that their products were groundbreaking!

At the same time, at a government office in Harbin, Bai Yansong and a few undercover cameramen were pushed out by government staff. "I'm telling you, if you're not tired of living, don't come here to cause trouble!" the government staff said menacingly, spitting on the ground before slowly walking away.

"Damn, I didn't expect Jia Hongjian to be right. We didn't bring our cameras, but we used fake letters from a small newspaper to interview them, and they treated us like dirt..." Bai Yansong brushed off the dust on his clothes, annoyed. "By the way, check if your cameras are okay. Make sure they weren't damaged during the pushing, or our efforts will be in vain."

Hearing this, the undercover cameramen quickly checked their hidden cameras. After a moment, they all reported, "No problem, mine is still recording." "Mine too." "Me too"...

Seeing that the hidden cameras were fine, Bai Yansong nodded with a cold smile. "Let's go have lunch, then return to the hotel to get our equipment. In the afternoon, we'll follow Jia Hongjian's plan and make a grand transformation!" "Alright!" The cameramen grinned, rubbing their hands together.

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