In March 1984, this person claimed to have invented China's fifth greatest invention - adding a quarter of gasoline to three-quarters of water, and adding a small amount of water-based fuel to expand it. Agent can turn water into a "water-based fuel", which is flammable at a touch, has a higher calorific value than ordinary gasoline and diesel, is pollution-free, and is low-cost. Unexpectedly, this "invention" is perfect from beginning to end. A scam that has deceived people all over the country for more than ten years, "water turns into oil" has become the biggest farce in the history of Chinese science.
Wang Hongcheng, a native of Northeast China, only went to school for four years and raised pigs. , worked as a carpenter, joined the army, and later became an ordinary driver of the Harbin Public Automobile Company. In the 1980s and 1990s, the country advocated respecting talents and pursuing scientific knowledge. By chance, he created the "Water Change." "Oil". Everyone knows that water cannot burn when it is a liquid. But he did a little trick, adding two drops of medicine to the water, and then lighting the fire, the water will burn, so it is said that the water turned into oil.
< p> Anyone who has studied junior high school chemistry knows that the simplest way to achieve Wang Hongcheng's experimental results is to add a few drops of oil to water. Oil can burn, and oil is generally insoluble in water, or It is said that the solubility is very small, so the mixture of water and oil can burn with a fire. Such a simple principle turned into a "big invention" for Wang Hongcheng, making China an international joke. When it came out, it attracted widespread attention. In order to get the bosses to invest, he often took his accomplices to perform. For some reason, Wang Hongcheng's "invention" was recognized by many authorities in the scientific community. With the recognition of experts and widespread media coverage, he suddenly became a hotly sought-after great "inventor". A military enterprise even set up a company specifically for this purpose, and more than 300 township enterprises invested hundreds of millions of yuan in funding. He was engaged in development with his wife and regarded him as the God of Wealth. However, Wang Hongcheng did not understand invention at all, and the money ended up in his pocket. In addition, he also found people to make many forged certificates to prove his own. The "invention" is true.The lie will eventually be discovered. In early 1993, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Materials asked relevant units to stop publicizing Wang Hongcheng's "invention". "The truth about "water turns into oil" should be clarified with facts". Subsequently, some newspapers published articles exposing this scam. Wang Hongcheng actually filed a lawsuit in court, suing the officials of the Materials Department for violating him. The right of reputation was rejected. At the Eighth Session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference the following year, four CPPCC members from the scientific and technological circles proposed a strict investigation of the "water-to-oil" incident and its damaging consequences for economic construction.
On New Year's Day in 1996, Wang Hongcheng was investigated and arrested. At the end of the year, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. At this time, this farce, which lasted for more than ten years, caused hundreds of millions of losses to the people.