Introduction:
Suzhou has begun to cool down and is often accompanied by light rain. Driving in this wet and cold weather, I received an enthusiastic call from Tesla PR: “Mr. Cui, do you have time to attend a press conference tomorrow afternoon?”
After hanging up the phone, I sent a message in our Suzhou Model 3 car owners group: “How can I act like I’m familiar with attending a press conference for the first time?”
Then, in the afternoon of that day, I arrived at the Qingpu Public Security Bureau press conference site. After the police and media were seated, the press conference began.
First, the host announced the case. On November 14th, 8 suspects were arrested and brought to justice. The gang committed over 100 crimes along the border between Jiangsu and Shanghai, with a total scam amount of over 80,000 RMB.
During the following investigation, when the police found other victims through transaction records and asked about the situation, “many victims realized that what they had experienced was not a traffic accident, but a scam.”
Next, the head of the Criminal Investigation Division briefly described the details of the operation: the simultaneous arrests were carried out at multiple locations, and all were arrested successfully within ten minutes.
The arrest only takes a few minutes, even seconds, or even an instant, but behind it requires continuous 10-plus days of stakeouts. Moreover, the wisdom of the public security system played a particularly important role in this action. Criminals were quickly identified and caught with the help of face recognition and various checkpoint cameras on the expressway.
It is inevitable to sigh that the world is progressing, technology is advancing, and criminal investigation technology is not lagging behind.
Finally, I talked about what happened that day, and Tesla Academy made a detailed description and demonstration of Tesla Autopilot’s performance.Actually, it’s beyond my expectation to achieve this result. At first, the idea of posting a Weibo was just to remind car owners to stay calm when encountering such strange accidents on the highway and to report to the police in time instead of handling it privately. But now, not only were these people caught, but also a press conference was held to convey this high-speed collision trick to the public through more media and to demonstrate the police’s crackdown.
Then, I presented a “fast crime-solving, harm removing” banner to the police, and I was convinced of their work.
When I returned to Suzhou after the press conference, the media had already released the news and things began to ferment. The media began to praise the police for cracking a major case, while Tesla began to promote their cars as being safer due to their intelligence.
After my friends saw the news, they congratulated me on finally appearing on TV. Everyone praised their own things, and it was all harmonious.
However, the initial promotion of the incident didn’t go smoothly.
Someone in the group asked if there was any experience to share with everyone.
I thought for a moment: if I had to share my experience, it would be that I posted more Weibo, talked to more departments, reported to the police more times, and called the mayor’s hotline more frequently.
But isn’t it troublesome? Do I have too much free time? I’m not free, but it was indeed troublesome.
I’m just an ordinary citizen and an ordinary car owner. But when I opened Weibo comments and private messages, and when I found that more people had encountered this kind of thing, had been cheated or even threatened, I understood why I had to be so persistent.
Since the incident happened to me, since I had so much evidence in my hands, since things had come to this point, who else would take responsibility if I didn’t? I want to make a difference in my own way.
Tesla has brought me too much, I used to be just an ordinary employee with ideal but no resources. My biggest hobby is technology products. I bit the bullet and borrowed money to buy a Tesla, and I was defined as a “luxury car” in the collision case, which makes me blush.
This Tesla is what makes my daily commute between Shanghai and Suzhou an unprecedented ease, and I have made friends with a group of like-minded and passionate car enthusiasts. What’s more, this product infused with first principle thinking will give you an unprecedented sense of resonance.
This kind of resonance can transform people.
Thanks to the leading role played by the Suzhou Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Shanghai police in this matter, and thanks to all the netizens, especially @米奇去哪里 @找⻰⻰ @电池王, who gave me their insights under my Weibo post on the day of the incident. It is you who have jointly pushed this matter towards the truth.
Finally, I sincerely hope that everyone will focus on the Shanghai police’s successful cracking of the cross-province case in just a month’s time, and on the safety of Tesla’s autopilot.
Shanghai is the safest city in the Yangtze River Delta region, and Tesla is also the safest electric car.
This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.