50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 572 Nationwide Qigong Craze

Seeing the truth revealed on stage, some die-hard fans stood there in disbelief.

However, more people who realized what was happening started cursing and swearing, and some people in the audience were already throwing shoes at the stage. The scene was now in complete chaos.

Sun Zhiwei grabbed Zhang Baosheng's arm, dodged a work shoe, and then quickly looked at Xu Yimin and the police officers beside him.

Xu Yimin then realized what was happening and immediately signaled to the officers around him.

Immediately, the police officers rushed onto the stage and helped Sun Zhiwei subdue Zhang Baosheng. Only then did Sun Zhiwei breathe a sigh of relief and quickly return to the stage.

In their seats below the stage, Tong Jiajia and Sun Hongying stared blankly at Zhang Baosheng on the stage, their beliefs shattered.

They never imagined that the extraordinary person they admired most was actually a fraud, and that it was Sun Zhiwei who exposed the fraud.

Seeing the police officers rushing onto the stage and the excited reporters around them, the two realized that this had been planned all along.

Immediately, the two men turned their angry gazes toward Sun Zhiwei, who had concealed the truth, making Sun Zhiwei's scalp tingle. He could only offer a forced explanation.

"Hey, it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that you wouldn't believe me even if I did."

“You yourselves know how much you believed this fraudster. That’s why I decided to expose his tricks to your faces and let you see his true colors.”

After finally calming the two down, the police officers on the platform had already collected all the items they had found, which would serve as valid evidence to prosecute the other party.

Later, they will also search Zhang Baosheng's residence.

Zhang Baosheng has been taking on performances non-stop in recent years and has earned a lot of money. I heard that he even owns a car now.

All those items and valuables will accumulate into the amount of fraud, and will eventually be confiscated as stolen money and goods and turned over to the national treasury.

What year is it now? 84.

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The vigorous rectification campaign that began last August is in full swing across the country. Zhang Baosheng's arrest at this critical juncture certainly won't end well for him.

In any case, Zhang Baosheng's arrest will definitely cause a huge reaction. Didn't you see the reporters at the scene taking pictures like crazy? It looks like tomorrow's news will be a national sensation.

This Zhang Baosheng is no ordinary person; he is quite famous throughout the country, and hundreds of thousands of people believe in him.

At the same time, there were hundreds or even thousands of people similar to Zhang Baosheng, and more than a dozen of them were as famous throughout the country as he was.

Seeing that the matter had been settled, Sun Zhiwei no longer cared about Zhang Baosheng's fate and left the Beijing Hotel with Tong Jiajia and Sun Hongying.

Along the way, they still saw many people gathered in open-air parks, with a "master" teaching students at each place.

Some of them had iron pots on their heads to receive cosmic rays in order to quickly improve their skills.
Some follow the "masters" to perform special gymnastics and gestures to practice qigong, while others believe that qigong can help with weight loss. In short, every "master" has their own unique skill.

And it's not just ordinary people who believe this; many celebrities do too. I heard that back then, Uncle Ge (Ge You) believed that a certain "master" could use his powers remotely to pull teeth painlessly.

At that time, Uncle Ge already had a considerable reputation, but even when he went to the Friendship Hotel to register with the "master", he had to make an appointment ten days in advance, otherwise he would not be able to get a spot.

In the video, the "master's" assistant is performing his magic, while the "master" tells Ge You to open his mouth and then reaches into his mouth to pull out his decayed tooth.

Hahaha, I wonder how scared Uncle Ge was of getting his teeth pulled back then?

In this era, there are many self-proclaimed "masters" who enjoy great prestige, and the authenticity of some of their supposed superpowers is difficult to verify. Take, for example, Zhao Qunxue, the godmother of Jay Chou. It is said that she not only saved Jay Chou's life but also had a good relationship with many important figures.

She's currently doing research at Institute 507. If you want to target someone like her, you'd better think twice.

And then there's the poet Hai Zi, who committed suicide; in his suicide note, he wrote, "I must practice Qigong seriously."

People who are not afraid of death still think about practicing Qigong before they die, which shows how popular Qigong was at that time.

Sun Zhiwei hoped that Zhang Baosheng's downfall would cool down everyone's enthusiasm for cultivation.

In reality, many people don't really believe in Qigong; most of them use it as a social tool, much like square dancing and walking groups a few decades later.

However, he estimated that this effort was still insufficient unless a few more well-known "masters" were identified.

But Sun Zhiwei didn't want to incur public wrath, since even many prominent scientists are now advocating for Qigong.

He attacked Zhang Baosheng only because his family had been misled by him, and he refused to do anything else.

In conclusion, there are reasons why qigong is popular. Although it has spawned many swindlers, it's hard to say that there aren't any genuine ones.

But if it's not true science, it certainly lacks the intrinsic motivation to continue indefinitely.

People are very realistic. No matter how eloquently you speak, if you can't fulfill people's wishes in the end, you will naturally be rejected.

After Sun Zhiwei's family returned home, they stopped talking about Zhang Baosheng and began to seriously prepare for the New Year.

Towards the end of the month, the family received another pleasant surprise: Sun Aiguo, whose rotation had ended, was coming home for the Chinese New Year, and now the whole family could finally be reunited.

The 25th is the Little New Year in northern China, and Sun Zhiwei gave Yang Guihua a holiday in advance so that she could go back and spend the New Year with the children.

Before leaving, Tong Jiajia and Sun Hongying gave her a lot of food, drinks, and other necessities to take back with her, so that she wouldn't need to buy any New Year's goods when she got back.

In recent years, Yang Guihua has worked very hard at his house and kept her mouth shut, never saying anything out of line. The whole family likes this nanny very much.

Tong Jiajia had initially asked her to bring the children to the city to attend school and had promised to let the children live at her home.

In the end, Yang Guihua did not agree and still allowed her two daughters to attend school in the township.

Fortunately, the Sun family provides excellent treatment, and her salary has been increasing every year for the past few years, which makes it no problem for Yang Guihua to support her two daughters on her own.

Next year, Yang Guihua's eldest daughter will be taking the high school entrance exam. The child has excellent grades, but the education level in the village can't keep up with that in the city.

For the sake of the child, Tong Jiajia has successfully persuaded Yang Guihua to rent a house nearby.

Once her eldest daughter is admitted to high school, she will help her attend a school in the city, which will also make it easier for Yang Guihua to take care of her younger daughter.

It's just that it's been difficult to get a city household registration these past few years. Otherwise, if Yang Guihua had solved the household registration problem in the city, her two children could have come to the city with her.

Now, unless you spend a lot of money, the only hope is that your child can get into university in the future, which will give them a chance to settle down in Beijing.

(End of this chapter)