Just as the person shouting was about to show the report to everyone, a hand reached out.
The report was taken away.
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but become angry. "We haven't even seen it, and you want to snatch it?"
"Don't you even look at who's first and who's last! If you want to see it, go to the back of the line!"
The reporters furiously rebuked.
It was a joke. They had been staking out the entrance for so long to get first-hand information, and before they could even look at it, someone had intercepted it.
If everyone did this, who would stay up all night waiting? Who would work diligently? They might as well just steal each other's news!
However, the person who snatched the report showed no signs of shame. Instead, they slowly folded the report and put it in their pocket.
They scanned the crowd coldly and said, "Who allowed you people to come in?"
The reporters were stunned.
Then they realized something was wrong.
Anyone who dared to speak in that tone definitely wasn't a peer!
Looking at the other staff members within the testing facility, all of them remained silent.
The reporters immediately understood.
This person wasn't just not a peer; this person was their leader!
The reporters quickly apologized. "We're sorry, leader. We were just anxious to know the truth and needed to give an explanation to the public opinion outside. You should understand how big this matter has become. The sooner we quell the public outcry, the sooner we can reduce some potential risks..."
Reporters were most fond of grandstanding and labeling others.
Although the reporters didn't continue speaking, their implication was clear: if you don't let us see the results, you are deliberately concealing information and obstructing the investigation!
If the incident isn't clarified, public opinion won't calm down, leading to unrest. All consequences that arise will be your responsibility!
You can't escape responsibility, because we will use "spring and autumn brushstrokes" to attribute all blame to you! Making you share the infamy with Min Ziqiong!
It had to be said that this tactic worked on the vast majority of people, especially those in leadership positions.
After all, they at this level feared most taking responsibility and causing trouble.
But who knew that the reporters had stumbled upon a tough nut this time.
The person who snatched the report looked at the reporters expressionlessly. "Before the complete report is out, no one except relevant personnel is allowed to peek at it without authorization. How do I know if there are any informants among you reporters?"
"..." The reporters were instantly speechless.
And they were quite annoyed.
"Well played! You learned fast!"
Just as they were about to label and smear this leader, this leader slapped a big hat onto their heads.
"I'll call the police if you're not out of here within ten seconds. And I'll make this matter public."
The leader then added another sentence.
This sentence immediately made the reporters panic.
They all immediately retreated and uniformly exited the testing room.
They weren't afraid of the police being called. After all, with the "reporter's privilege," they'd at most just make a statement and be released.
But they were a bit scared of it being made public.
After all, in this era, the public generally had a bad impression of reporters.
If it got out that they had trespassed into the testing room and disrupted the testing process, the public's emotions might instantly shift towards them.
"No, no, please calm down, leader. We'll just wait outside, okay?"
After the reporters left the testing room one by one, they pleaded.
The person who snatched the testing report glanced at the reporters coldly, and with a swish, pulled down the curtain of the testing room.
The reporters looked at each other, sighed, and went back to squatting on the ground.
Meeting such a stubborn leader, it seemed they could only wait 72 hours to know the results.
Inside the testing room, however.
The testing personnel all looked curiously at the leader, who was the captain leading the team.
"Captain, what are the results? Show us!"
"Yeah, there are no reporters now. Let everyone satisfy their curiosity! Otherwise, if we keep thinking about this, we might make mistakes in our work!"
The captain glared at the two who spoke. "You're professionals, yet you don't understand, just like those reporters outside?"
"Testing requires synthesizing data from 'n' sources to reach a final conclusion. This is just the first piece of data that has come out; it cannot directly reflect the final result. What's the point of looking at it?"
"Even if this first piece of data passes, does it mean the entire product passes?"
"I am very disappointed in your mindset! Very disappointed!"
The two who were reprimanded immediately drooped their heads, not daring to bring it up again.
The other staff members also silently returned to their positions, ready to continue their work.
Unexpectedly, the captain then took out the testing report from his pocket. "Fine, I'll satisfy your curiosity! Lest you make some fatal errors in your subsequent work, which would then implicate me."
The staff present immediately chuckled.
They knew their captain always had a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
"The test result for the first data point isβ"
The captain unfolded the testing report, glanced at it, and read.
"pH 6.07, conductivity 0.36, absorbance 0.04, turbidity 2.1..."
"Failed!"
Swish!
Upon hearing the last three words, the expressions of all the staff members changed.
Then, as if they had expected it, they let out a long sigh of relief.
"It's just as the public opinion outside said, this is just a bottle of sugar water! It's not Life Essence Fluid at all!"
"Sigh, with these values, it's probably worse than sugar water! I'd say it's more like bathwater!"
"Why are there so many unscrupulous merchants nowadays? If you had just honestly bottled some cool boiled water and added some white sugar, at least it wouldn't kill anyone! But you've made it like bathwater, with complex and unknown ingredients. Isn't this both profiteering and endangering lives!"
"Heartless! People like this should be exposed!"
Facing the discussions and curses of the staff present, the captain coughed lightly. "What are you talking about! Didn't I just remind you? This is only a shallow extraction from the entire sample! It cannot represent the testing result of the whole sample! All of you, shut up and get back to work on the remaining tasks!"
"Yes, Captain!" The staff ended their discussion and returned to their workstations.
The captain, holding the report, slowly walked back to his office.
The first thing he did upon returning to his office was to spit fiercely at the report.
Clearly, even the captain detested this "Life Essence Fluid" with its bathwater-like composition.
However, out of professional and personal ethics, he didn't want to openly display his emotions in front of outsiders before the final conclusion was reached, to avoid causing any misleading effects.
But the captain would never have imagined that while he possessed full professional and personal ethics, his subordinates might not.
At this moment, the results of the first testing report had already been transmitted to the reporters outside via mobile phone.
As soon as the reporters saw the results, they were ecstatic and ran back to their newspaper agencies like madmen.
First-hand information, exclusive news! Their newspaper agency was going to be famous this time!