Chapter 29 Section 4

It was a late autumn morning, and the whole street was paved with yellow fallen leaves. When the wind blows, the fallen leaves swirl together with colorful waste paper or translucent plastic bags.Guo Xiaofen was wearing a pink waistcoat. She thought that there would be no one there so early, but the sidewalk was full of gray-haired old people looking into the distance. "What are they doing?" Guo Xiaofen whispered to Lei Kangmei beside her. The old man wore sunglasses, leaned on a cane, stroked his goatee and said, "Wait for the health care company to pick them up for the event."

"Activity?" Guo Xiaofen asked, "What activity?" "There will definitely be posts on the publicity boards in your community. Most of them organize free mountain picking, free health lectures and so on. There are a lot of gifts in the activities-taking advantage of the psychology of the elderly who love to take advantage of small things, and lure them to take the bait." "and then?" "Then—then you have to watch it yourself." Lei Kangmei said slowly. After a while, three white buses stopped on the side of the road. Several girls and boys in formal clothes got off the bus. They stepped forward and greeted these old people with "uncles and aunts" with smiles on their faces. Walking to the car, some chattered about homework.A leader was about to help Lei Kangmei, but Lei Kangmei stopped him, pointing at Guo Xiaofen with his crutches and saying, "My granddaughter is afraid that I may not be healthy, so come with me."

The man was taken aback, "Our advertisement said that people under the age of 30 are not allowed to participate. The main reason is that there will be too many people signing up, which will take up the quota for our middle-aged and elderly people to attend the lecture." Lei Kangmei shook his hand and said, "Forget it, I'm not going?" The man quickly said: "Uncle, don't be angry, we are doing everything for your health, just for a special time, you and this little sister get in the car!" After sitting down in the last row of the car, Guo Xiaofen was a little curious, "Why do people under the age of 30 refuse to attend the health lecture?"

"Beware of unannounced visits by young reporters like you," Lei Kangmei said. Guo Xiaofen stuck out her tongue, "What's more, those people look younger than me, but they call you uncle and me little sister, where is the mess in this generation?" "This is the industry rule. Call the old people the young ones to please them." Lei Kangmei leaned his head on the back of the chair and began to close his eyes to rest his mind. But the leader seemed to keep him from sleeping on purpose. As soon as the car started, he stood at the front and said with a microphone: "Uncles and aunts, we are very touched that you came to our health lecture early in the morning. You When you were young, you dedicated your youth and blood to the construction of the motherland. Now a more important task is waiting for you to complete, which is to set an example of health and longevity for us younger generations! Here, I sing a song dedicated to my uncles and aunts Ladies and gentlemen, the title of the song is - "Revolutionaries Are Forever Young". I can't sing well, so uncles and aunts can sing with me!"

After speaking, under his leadership, singing composed of southern accents and northern accents sounded in the carriage—— A revolutionary is always young, he is like a big pine tree that is evergreen in winter and summer... After a while, the car arrived at a hotel outside the Fourth Ring Road. The old people got out of the car and walked into the conference hall on the first floor under the guidance of the staff.After the rattling of tables and chairs, the old people took their seats. A host stood at the front desk, first said a bunch of welcome words, and then said: "Today, we are very honored to invite Professor Zhu Chendan from the Institute of Gene Science of Tsinghua University, President Song Xuefu of the Life Science Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, and Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Xu Jihong, director of the Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Department, these three leading figures in the medical field of our country, gave a lecture to the middle-aged and elderly friends present!" After speaking, he clapped his hands, causing the whole hall to burst into applause.Amid the applause, two old men in Chinese tunic suits and an old lady in a white coat walked up to the rostrum and sat down. Then three primary school students in red scarves went up to present flowers to them. The flowers reflected the smiles of the three experts.

At this time, several staff began to distribute pens and notebooks to the elderly in each seat. The host explained that the pens and notebooks were given to everyone for the convenience of recording the lectures of experts.Many old people were very happy to get this unexpected little gift. The lecture has officially begun. First, director Xu Jihong talked about the health hazards of chronic diseases to middle-aged and elderly people. After speaking for about 20 minutes, she said with a little apology: "I have to give health care to a central leadership comrade in the morning, so I can only end the lecture first." , I am very sorry. Before I leave, I still want to emphasize: All chronic diseases are ultimately caused by damaged genes. Therefore, as long as the damaged genes can be repaired in time, health and longevity can be guaranteed. Otherwise, high blood pressure Sudden death caused by hyperlipidemia, stroke caused by hyperlipidemia, and amputation caused by diabetes are waiting for you not far ahead! This is not alarmist talk, it is a fact that I have seen in my 40 years of medical practice. Please fix it in time Don't let the tragedy happen again with your own damaged genes!"

Then there was Song Xuefu's lecture. In half an hour, he repeatedly emphasized the importance and bright prospects of gene therapy, "We know that every cell contains genes, so what are the main components of genes? I Let me tell you that it is nucleic acid. Therefore, eating more nucleic acid is of great significance to the health of middle-aged and elderly people. It can repair damaged genes in time, cure diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and even tumors... Some comrades may say, I have it For chronic diseases, just insist on taking antihypertensive drugs and hypoglycemic drugs? Comrades, the drugs are three-point poisonous! Taking medicine for a long time is damaging our genes, and nucleic acid is a pure natural component without any toxic side effects.”

Next came Zhu Chendan, who smiled as soon as he came on stage and said: "Today, the organizer of the event invited me to come, and I made a condition that the lectures I give must be absolutely public welfare, and I cannot promote any health products—even The health care products supervised by our Tsinghua University Institute of Genetic Sciences are also not allowed, otherwise what would I become? My academic status and my reputation as an expert have all been exchanged for banknotes? This is not allowed, this is not allowed!" There was a burst of laughter from the audience. Zhu Chendan talked for a full hour, especially the story of "Dr. Benjamin Frank, Academician of the American Academy of Sciences", who cured a large number of chronic diseases and cancer patients with nucleic acid metabolism therapy.Finally, he said earnestly: "With age, gene damage and loss is a very natural thing, so don't be afraid. Modern scientific research has proved that food supplement nucleic acid can enhance self-repair ability, promote metabolism and cell division , improve immunity, I took the 'Taibaijinxing' brand nucleic acid supervised by Tsinghua University Institute of Genetics as an example, after testing by the National Medical Laboratory of China, I concluded that its cure rate for diabetic patients reached 97.5%, and it was effective for coronary heart disease, brain The cure rate of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as thrombosis has reached 99.2%..."

Several old ladies sitting in the first row asked loudly: "Professor Zhu, where do you buy that 'Taibaijinxing'? How much is it?" "Life is priceless! Health is priceless!" Zhu Chendan said with a serious face, "I have already said that today I am giving a lecture for public welfare, not selling health care products - that's all for today, I wish everyone here a long and healthy life!" After speaking, he got off the rostrum and left the conference hall through the side door. When a group of listeners were at a loss, the host re-entered the stage with a smile on his face, "Tell everyone a very good news: Today our company has specially brought a batch of 'Peptide White Gene' brand nucleic acid oral liquid, every day The original price of the box is 500 yuan. But as Professor Zhu said just now, life is priceless, and health is priceless! Therefore, the company does not seek profit, but only wishes to repay the society and promote the health and longevity of middle-aged and elderly people, and offers a 20% discount The price is dedicated to today's audience. Due to the limited quantity, each person is limited to four boxes. Please don't be crowded. Please line up at the entrance, register first, and then buy..."

It was already eleven o'clock at noon when the bus returned to the street where it left in the morning. Almost every elderly person carried a few boxes of "Peptide White Gene" in their hands, and walked slowly to their respective homes—Lei Kangmei also bought a box. "What? Do you want to add nucleic acid too?" Guo Xiaofen asked. Lei Kangmei didn't answer her, but asked instead: "How do you feel after listening to today's lecture?" Guo Xiaofen tilted her head and thought for a while and said, "I think the views of the three experts are quite correct. After listening to it, I also want to buy a few boxes of nucleic acid for my parents to replenish their bodies. They are old and in poor health. Gene damage..."

Hahaha!Lei Kangmei looked up to the sky and laughed, the laughter was full of sadness. "What are you laughing at?" Guo Xiaofen asked with a blushing face. Lei Kangmei did not answer, and walked forward silently, picking up a lot of colorful papers from the ground while walking, Guo Xiaofen was very puzzled: this old man has a high reputation and is a famous doctor, so he will never be short of money. Do you still have to pick up waste paper and sell it? At the end of the street, there was a dilapidated bench with all the green paint peeling off. The old man sat down, put both hands on the upright crutches, and looked at the fallen leaves on the road when he came, like a mountaineering tourist resting . It was noon, and the streets were extremely lonely. "Do you still take the pen and notebook that were handed out during the lecture?" Lei Kangmei said, "If you have, please record what I said." Although she didn't know what to do, seeing the old man's authoritative appearance, Guo Xiaofen had no choice but to take out the pen and paper handed out at the lecture, "Tell me." "Okay!" said the old man, "First, Tsinghua University doesn't have any Institute of Genetic Science at all!" "Huh?" Guo Xiaofen was taken aback. The old man glanced at her, "I'll go on, and you will go down and record. I'll just say the main points, and I'll say it again." Guo Xiaofen nodded quickly. The old man continued: "Secondly, the Chinese Medical Association currently has eighty-four specialized branches, but there is no life science branch at all! "Third, Peking Union Medical College Hospital does not have a chronic disease prevention department at all! "Fourth, I have never heard of those three leading figures in the medical field! "Fifth, there are many types of chronic diseases, and the causes of each of them are also very complicated, and it does not necessarily have anything to do with genetic damage! "Sixth, it is true that nucleic acid is the constituent substance of genes, but it is only a substance that carries genetic information. Everyone's genetic information is unique and unique, so there is no possibility of 'supplementing nucleic acid' at all. All nucleic acids in the body are self-synthesized! "Seventh, the currently known level of human medicine cannot cure hypertension and diabetes at all! "Eighth, eating nucleic acid has no nutritional value or medical value. After oral administration, nucleic acid will be decomposed in the digestive tract! "Ninth, Benjamin Frank is not a member of the American Academy of Sciences at all, but an ordinary doctor in New York. He has never used nucleic acid metabolism therapy to treat any chronic diseases and cancer patients. He himself died at the age of fifty-eight because he believed in quack medicine. diabetes. "The tenth and the last one, the professor surnamed Zhu said that his 'Peptide White Gene' brand nucleic acid has been tested many times by the National Medical Laboratory of China, and it has cured diabetes, coronary heart disease, cerebral thrombosis and so on-problem Yes, there is no 'National Medical Laboratory' in China at all, did he do the test with a ghost?!" The old man said angrily, and he slammed his crutches, scaring a passerby who passed by. Shocking. Guo Xiaofen looked at the ten items she had recorded, and couldn't help being stunned, "Oh my God, according to what you always said, what you heard all morning was all lies! I can't believe it—how dare you say that they are all a bunch of liars?!" Lei Kangmei sneered, "I asked you to record it, just to ask you to go back to various institutions for verification—Tsinghua University Academic Affairs Office, Chinese Medical Association, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Institute of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Sciences, Chinese Laboratory National Accreditation Board - let them see these ten things I said, which one is wrong!" Guo Xiaofen still felt unbelievable, "Then why do I feel that those experts are all real, and those lectures are all credible?" "Because you were hypnotized from the beginning!" Guo Xiaofen shivered... Hypnosis?Am I hypnotized?How could I have been hypnotized without knowing it? "It seems that you still don't understand what's going on. In fact, in the health care industry, today's practice is already the most common and standard conference marketing." Lei Kangmei said, "Everything is deliberate. The hypnotic effect created - starting from the advertisements posted on the community bulletin board, the three key words of public welfare, experts and gifts have firmly attracted the elderly, not to mention the topic of the lecture is their most concerned health. Then The scene you saw this morning, those young marketers deliberately fraternized with the elderly and chatted about family affairs, undoubtedly catered to the fear of loneliness—especially the psychology of "empty nesters" who have not been with their children for many years, making them interested in marketing The staff developed a sense of trust; the next thing was that the car took the initiative to lead the singing of red songs, which to some extent smoothed the 'generation gap' and made the elderly in this car unknowingly relax their vigilance." Lei Kangmei paused for a while, and then said: "Before the lecture, the flowers presented by the red scarf once again brought the audience back to the red age. Don't underestimate the pens and notebooks that were given as gifts, which buried the audience's "overwhelming" feeling. The subconsciousness of "value"; and the "sense of authority" of the three fake experts throughout the lecture. You see, whether it was the host's introduction, the reason for Xu Jihong's exit midway, or Zhu Chendan's clearing up of his relationship with health products, the facts It is all about strengthening the audience's trust in them and the nucleic acid food they recommend. And the last purchase restriction is simply to shout to the audience: clear the warehouse, there are not many products left, hurry up and buy it... plus fake experts There is a progressive relationship between them, full of medical jargon, nonsense and sensational lectures, which of the elderly listening to the lectures below will not buy some nucleic acid to save their lives——What is hypnosis? Situation, control and manipulation after entering a trance state!" Everything is premeditated, every detail... "Every detail——" Lei Kangmei seemed to have guessed Guo Xiaofen's thoughts, staring at her and said, "Every detail is premeditated and calculated accurately, for example, Xu Jihong wears a white coat, while the other two don't." Why? Because Xu Jihong's identity is a doctor... In fact, she is also defrauding unknowing people. The Ministry of Health has long stipulated that doctors are not allowed to wear white coats out of the hospital-she is a liar for this! You may have noticed the nurses sitting in the first row. They asked Zhu Chendan how much a piece of "peptide white gene" was when they came up. Why didn't they ask how much it was? Because they knew in advance that it was an oral solution , packed!" Guo Xiaofen was in a cold sweat. "Look at these again, and I'll tell you one by one." The old man spread out the colorful pieces of paper he picked up on the road just now, and his hands trembled a little because of excitement, "This is an advertisement for heightening nutrient solution. Drinking it can increase height, liar! The only drug in the world that can increase height is growth hormone, and it must be injected to be effective; this is an alkaline ion water dispenser, and it is said that drinking the water produced by it can regulate acidity, liar! Human body Acid and alkali are always in a state of dynamic balance, there is no acidic body at all, and there is no need to drink any water to adjust it! This is an advertisement for a jade bed, saying that it can eliminate bone hyperplasia, a liar! Bone hyperplasia is human bone For normal degenerative lesions, regular treatment is only to eliminate symptoms, and it is impossible to achieve any 'elimination'; and this... Alas! Why is this pumpkin hypoglycemic lozenge still lingering?!" Guo Xiaofen was puzzled, "Since they are all such obvious scams, why hasn't anyone seen them through?" "Hmph!" The old man sneered, "You don't need to ask others, just tell me about yourself. Facing the content of this morning's lecture, before I remind you, did you question it? Have you verified it? Have you experimented? You Even if a journalist is like this, how many people in China can question it, how many people research it, how many people believe it after experimenting?! Scam! Scam! Scam after scam! Anyone with a higher level of scientific literacy would be able to see the flaws in it, but none of the people in the entire meeting asked even a little bit, 'Is what you said true?'” "Then let me doubt you." Guo Xiaofen said, "Are all health care products in China bad? Are they really useless?" "Objectively speaking, there are still many health care product companies in China that consider the interests of consumers, but there are also quite a few unscrupulous businesses." The old man took a breath, "Of course health care products are not completely useless, after double-blind controlled trials Nutritional supplements, fitness equipment, and health food that have obvious effects can be used correctly under the guidance of a doctor. What I am condemning are those products that use inferior raw materials to produce products with no nutritional value. Enterprises that make huge profits. They are very harmful. Specifically, there are three points: First, patients with chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes must insist on taking medicine. It will lead to life-threatening; second, patients only have a few dollars in their hands. If the limited funds are used to buy useless fake health care products, there may be no money for real treatment and medication; third, it is also the most harmful A bit of—" Guo Xiaofen looked at him and asked, "What is it?" "Pseudoscience and irrational ways of thinking will be widely promoted, and our nation, which has suffered a lot of disasters, will step into the eternal ignorance step by step!" Looking at this little old man, Guo Xiaofen felt respect in his heart. She has been thinking why this little old man risked his life to be against so many health care products companies. People watching the flag raising in Tiananmen Square! "So, do the relevant departments ignore the false propaganda of those unscrupulous companies?" she asked. "It doesn't matter whether it's the same." Lei Kangmei sneered, "An unscrupulous merchant earns 20 million yuan a year from false advertisements. If you fine him 20,000 yuan, will he be afraid? The 20,000 yuan will be used as a protection fee." You check the websites of industrial and commercial bureaus and food and drug administration bureaus all over the country. Dozens of punishment notices cannot be published in any month. Even many doctors are paid a lot of money nowadays to hold health product appraisal meetings for them and promote health benefits for them— ——More doctors kept silent, as if everything had nothing to do with them. Therefore, their protective umbrella is getting bigger and bigger, but the voices of doubt and opposition have been very few..." Guo Xiaofen had nothing to say for a while. "Come on, girl." The old man brushed off a yellow maple leaf that fell on his lap, stood up and said, "Xiao Zhong called me last night and said that you are a very good, conscientious and enthusiastic reporter, I just told you this...I have been running around all morning, you must be hungry, I will take you to eat something, and chat while eating." Guo Xiaofen walked with heavy steps and came to a "Hong Zhuangyuan" with him. They ordered a bowl of porridge, another stewed tofu with small yellow croaker and roasted chicken nuggets with rice tofu.Guo Xiaofen asked while eating: "You clearly know that this nucleic acid is fake, why did you buy another box?" "If you don't buy it, we may not be able to leave the venue today." Lei Kangmei took a sip of the porridge and said, "Health care product marketers have a mantra: Smile, grind, and force. Smile first and recommend products to you. If you don't buy, He just sticks around you and says that the effect is a discount. The old people are thin-skinned. Rifle through boxes and cabinets to find passbooks, and even more arrogantly just surround you and abuse you at the venue. This spring, Jianyi Company held a lecture to promote their five-element yin and yang mirror. An old lady was determined not to be fooled by them and was locked in a In a small room, the old lady had a heart attack, she was frightened to death..." Guo Xiaofen was very angry, "Didn't the police arrest all those villains?" "Those people colluded together to give false testimony, saying that the old lady had a heart attack due to other reasons, and they were not responsible for anything." Lei Kangmei sighed. Guo Xiaofen was about to continue talking about Jianyi Company and Li Jialiang, when she suddenly felt the phone vibrating in her pocket, took it out and answered it, it was Ma Xiaofeng who called, and asked in a fiery tone, "Where are you?" "With Professor Lei." Guo Xiaofen said, "What happened?" "Do you have a TV with you?" Guo Xiaofen looked up and saw a wall-mounted TV in the hotel, so she said "hmm". "Open it and see, are those idiots from Jianyi Company crazy? They held a press conference and sprayed his mother's shit all over their mouths!" Ma scolded with a smile. Guo Xiaofen immediately asked the waiter to bring the remote control, tuned to the news channel, and saw a female reporter on the TV broadcasting live with a microphone: "As we all know, after the Hupan Building tragedy, the public strongly questioned that the radiation of the five-element yin-yang mirror caused the tragedy of six deaths. The manufacturer, Jianyi Company, faced calls for returns, and the stock market also plummeted. However, at the just-concluded press conference , Jianyi Company claimed that they had received reliable information that the only survivor in the Hupanlou homicide was none other than Liu Simiao, deputy director of the Criminal Technology Division of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and she was suspected of a major crime. Our reporter at Immediately contacted the press office of the Municipal Bureau, the staff said that they had no knowledge of this, so they will not confirm the unilateral statement made by Jianyi Company.” Guo Xiaofen's head buzzed! "Thinking is over..." she murmured. She knew very well: Jianyi Company's power can "reach the sky", and now it will definitely mobilize all forces to put pressure on the city bureau and force them to formally arrest Si Miao. She understands better: the public who have always regarded Liu Simiao as a firefighter, once they know that she is the arsonist, might tear her apart! She didn't care about Ma Xiaozhong's non-stop "hey hey hey" on the other end of the phone, the only question mark echoing in her mind was—— Who the hell, which bastard leaked Si Miao's news to Jianyi Company? !