In the widely circulated dashcam video, it could be seen that the car crashed on the railing, rebounded, and fell off the cliff.

The terrain and environment on that part of the cliffs were complex, and it could be estimated that the ordinary rescue team would not be able to get down for a while. A medical rescue helicopter had been immediately dispatched, but when they got down to the crash site, they saw that the family of three had all died, and they could only return with the bodies, knowing that it would take more time to transport the car wreckage up.

No one expected that the scrapped car could be lifted up the cliff so quickly.

Cheng Liu turned around and looked at the screen behind her. Everyone subconsciously followed her gaze and said, “This is a video of the wreckage retrieval.”

Everyone looked at the high-altitude video and saw two helicopters circling over the cliff in City H. Someone got down from the helicopter and hung cables from the two helicopters on the car wreckage below the cliffs.

With a few gestures from the people below, the two helicopters flew upward at the same time, lifted the car, and flew away.

There should be a third helicopter nearby, responsible for taking the video.

Finally, the video followed the helicopters to a scrapyard in the suburbs, full of scrapped cars. The helicopters hoisting the wrecked car slowly lowered it in the open space in the middle. As it landed, the video became clearer. There were people standing on the edge of the open field; there were some who were obviously police based on their uniform, and others who were in different kinds of clothing.

As soon as the wrecked car landed, the video playing paused. The screen paused on the upturned faces of the group of people standing on the edge of the open field.

“I would like to introduce to you the people on the screen.” Cheng Liu turned to the media people in the audience and said, “The people standing on the outermost edge are from the H City Police. Most of the others are experienced teams from well-known vehicle accident appraisal institutes across the country.”

Media reporters in the audience: “…”

When did Shenyin Technology begin to get in touch with accident appraisal teams from all over the country to be able to transport them all on site this soon?

The video continued playing, showing the helicopters untying the cables and flying away from the scrapyard. The camera feed changed and became a little shaky. It was an official video recorded by the law enforcement. Shenyin had applied to the police for its use.

The video showed two people coming forward with the rest of the police.

“These two people are technicians, responsible for checking what possible errors could have occurred in the Mingtai system that may have caused the car to crash down the cliff.” As Cheng Liu spoke, the video paused and the screen switched to the resumes of the two technicians, clearly showing that both of them were investigators from the police.

The video captured the entire process of the two technicians, gaining access to the wrecked vehicle including the smashed system screen inside the car.

Cheng Liu asked someone to stop the playback, “There is not enough time to play the entire video during this press conference, so this official law enforcement video will not be played in full right now. However, we have obtained the consent of the police and have put it up on Shenyin Technology’s official website and Weibo. Once the conference ends, everyone can watch it in full.”

The reporters in the audience quickly turned on their mobile phones and logged on to Weibo. Sure enough, they saw that the official Weibo of Shenyin Technology had just posted several videos in a row, each of which lasted several hours. The most important thing was that the official blog also pointed out key points and the corresponding video time stamps.

Cheng Liu turned back to the center of the stage and said seriously, “According to the police report, this car has not updated its system before the accident.”

The audience was in an uproar again—this clearly meant that the accident had nothing to do with Shenyin Technology.

“So what does that mean? Even if you are not responsible for this, Shenyin’s technology in the field of autonomous driving has serious errors. This is an objective fact!” The reporter who had raised a fuss earlier started shouting again, “If Shenyin’s technology is not up to par, then even if this was not your fault this time, the same thing will happen sooner or later.”

He Bai stood on the stage, holding the microphone tightly. There must be someone behind this reporter. He was not trying to fight for the injustice suffered by the family of three but wanted Shenyin Technology to suffer damage in the field of autonomous driving.

Cheng Liu’s expression remained unchanged. She raised her wrrist and looked at her watch, “There is exactly ten minutes left. Tonight’s press conference will end with an announcement from Shenyin Technology.”

The media reporters in the audience looked at each other, wondering what Cheng Liu meant. They had not heard that Shenyin Technology would make any announcement before they came here.

Cheng Liu put the microphone back on its stand, took out her mobile phone, clicked on it a few times, then looked up at the countless cameras in the audience, and began speaking slowly. 

“China has always lagged far behind foreign countries in the field of autonomous driving. A full one third of Shenyin’s profits are directly invested in this field, but there are still many technical barriers to be overcome and it cannot be solved in one day. In light of this, Shenyin has decided to openly share to the rest of the country the core of the current system it has developed thus far, and we welcome peers and elites from other industries to work jointly and develop it together.”

Many reporters suddenly stood up in the audience, shouting and asking Cheng Liu various questions.

Cheng Liu did not answer any of these questions. She only raised her eyebrows and smiled at the camera, adding, “Of course, I think that Shenyin Technology will still take the lead in defining and perfecting the technology in the field of autonomous driving.”

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

In the press conference venue, apart from the media reporters, there were also livestream videos.

At this time, many people were sitting at home and in their offices, watching the livestream of the press conference. Cheng Liu’s confident smile at the end of the press conference was clearly conveyed to everyone watching.

“It’s still Cheng Liu, after all,” Ji Mushan said. He was in his office, watching the livestream of the press conference, and he couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh at this development.

She actually dared to publish their proprietary technology as open source. Only she would have the confidence to do this.

At this time, Ji Mushan finally came to his senses. It was no wonder that starting from last night, she allowed the fire to get stronger and stronger. All those negative sentiments geared towards pushing Shenyin to withdraw from the field of autonomous driving emerged, and yet Shenyin did not take action to suppress public opinion.

Looking at it now, Shenyin might have even been working behind the scenes to fan the flames.

From the first sentence of Cheng Liu’s announcement tonight, public opinion began to turn around, and all negative news about Shenyin would very naturally disappear completely.

Because from this moment on, Shenyin’s opponents in this race to perfect autonomous driving technology have become foreign technology companies. Anyone who suppressed Shenyin would definitely be criticized by thousands of people for siding with outsiders.

No, Cheng Liu probably did more than just that.

Ji Mushan stood in the office for a long time. He suddenly remembered that among the reporters in the press conference, there were several from mainstream official media that had not asked questions. She had probably coordinated this with the government.

In such a short period of time, she crafted this counter-attack, joining together link after link. Ji Mushan had to sigh… today’s young people were indeed amazing.

If It’s Wrong, Then It’s Wrong translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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Chapter 55.1 — Day 19: Drunk
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