"With this kind of courage and ability, the pressure is worth it!"
Liang Weilin sighed, then pointed to the preview in the Asia Daily. "By the way, what about tonight's 'Focus Interview,' Asia Television's flagship program? Comrade Lin Xian, do you know what it's about? Did Ru Meng give you any clues? 'Focus,' 'Interview,' and even something like 'Facing the Truth,' that's quite a statement."
Guo Linxian immediately shook her head, her expression serious and slightly helpless as she said, "No, President Liang. Mengmeng didn't say anything. She's been leaving early and coming back late these past few days. When she comes back, she stays in her room sorting out files. She looks so exhausted..."
I was so heartbroken that I didn't even have time to ask more questions. I only knew that this "Focus Interview" was the highlight that she and Lü Ruirong and their team had worked so hard on for days. She said she wanted to "let the facts speak for themselves," but the specific content... I really don't know.
Guo Linxian also began to worry about what her daughter had been doing these days.
Although I don’t know what they are investigating specifically, judging from their posture, it is definitely not simple.
In addition to her understanding of Xiaolin Tianwang, or Lin Huowang, this "Focus Interview" will definitely not be a general talk. With such a huge publicity, how could it be possible to pick it up heavily and then put it down lightly!
Wait until night falls, at eight o'clock in the evening.
The television screens of countless homes across Hong Kong Island faded from Pikachu's 100,000-volt lightning effects to the Asia Television logo.
The host's voice, steady and powerful, echoed through the screens of thousands of homes: "You were just watching 'Pokémon.' Now, the first episode of Asia Television's flagship program, 'Focus Interview,' 'The Dirt Beneath the Gloss,' is about to be presented to you. We'll use our cameras to help you see the truth."
The scene cuts in.
There was no studio, no host to start the show, and the camera was directly shot in a hidden location: a greasy pickup truck was parked in a dark corner in the back alley of Sham Shui Po.
Several workers were scooping out the sour, murky, dark red grease from a dirty sewage drum and roughly pouring it into a larger drum inside the carriage. Flies were swarming around, and dirty water was flowing everywhere.
Wow!
The opening is a critical hit!
At this time, many viewers were eating dinner in front of the TV camera. Seeing such disgusting scenes and pictures, although the picture quality of the TV was not high-definition, it was enough to make them almost vomit out the food they had just eaten.
"What's going on? Why is ATV showing these disgusting images? I've lost my appetite now."
"No! In that scene just now, what were those workers doing scooping out sewage from the sewer? It looked like they were sending it somewhere special. No way! Can this sewage be reused?"
"Asia Television is so bold! TVB has never aired anything like this before. Now, should they reveal where this wastewater is going?"
Then, the voiceover explained in a low and calm voice: "After simple coarse filtration, chemical bleaching and deodorization, where will this gutter oil go?"
Then the picture on TV switched to a simple workshop where workers were screwing fake labels on and sealing several barrels of "edible vegetable oil".
Then the scene was cut again, showing a surveillance video from the kitchen of a well-known old bakery in Hung Hom, Kowloon, with a timestamp. Dark, turbid oil was swirling in the huge wok, and the pastry chef skillfully fried the dim sum until golden brown.
"Famous in Hong Kong for sixty years, these egg tarts and wife cakes... Where does the raw oil behind their crispy, sweet flavor come from? It's actually extracted from sewage..."
Exploded!
After this scene was released, the strong visual impact was like a heavy hammer, hitting the hearts of all the audience.
There was silence in front of the TV, and then curses broke out from the streets.
"Fuck you! Is the oil extracted from this ditch edible?"
"Fuck! This is the old brand. My family buys wife cakes and other pastries from there every week. They're made with this kind of oil! No, I want to vomit..."
…
As the footage continues, the reporter is conducting an undercover investigation at another location, disguised as a buyer.
The audience in front of the TV had not yet recovered from the recent report on gutter oil when they noticed that the reporter in the picture had obviously gone to a meat stall to investigate.
This made countless Hong Kong citizens sitting in front of their TVs even more nervous.
It would be fine if there was a problem with the vegetable oil used to make pastries, but if even the meat stall had a problem, is there still any law and justice?
On the TV screen, a reporter lowered his voice and asked, "Boss, why is this batch of 'frozen meat' so much cheaper? Is the meat quality okay?"
The butcher, cigarette in hand, said nonchalantly, "Don't worry, boss! The price has been the same for decades! This 'zombie meat' from America has been stored as war reserve meat for decades. Thanks to advanced freezing technology! Once thawed, it's bright red, fresh stuff!"
The camera switches to a huge cold storage, and a heavy iron door is pushed open: inside are piles of sacks, the surface of which is covered with thick white frost.
The reporter wiped off the label of a sack with his hand: the English words "194X" and "US ARMY RESERVE" were vaguely visible.
Close-up shot: A pale, frozen pig's trotter sticks out from a torn sack, exuding a rotten smell.
The reporter asked: "Which restaurants did the money go to?"
The boss lowered his voice and said, "Who can afford fresh food? Pig's trotter rice? The roast meat fast food restaurant? Those 'cheap big bowls' of rice at the street tea restaurant for ten yuan a plate... Nine times out of ten, it's this! Pig's trotter rice? Humph, that's just 'grandfather's food! "
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