Chapter 286

1.1 million!

Is it true, Godfather? You didn't lie to me?

And after Ji Jue repeated it again, the entire scene, even the most indifferent and biased media, couldn't help but shout out.

Faces flushed red, roaring with excitement.

Of course, perhaps there were also angry curses from competitors and roars from Shang Tongwen.

But no one cared anymore.

1.1 million?

Delicious! So delicious.

If you buy a pickup truck for 1.1 million to haul cargo, buddy might still laugh at you for having money but not knowing how to spend it. But if you buy a real bulletproof armed off-road vehicle that can be heavily modified and equipped with heavy firepower for 1.1 million, buddy's tears are about to overflow... Damn, why didn't you take me!

This version, let alone civilian use, with a little modification, could go straight to bid for the military!

The Warhorse, which is the most common of the same type in the Central Land today, costs over 4.4 million per vehicle for bulk procurement, and that doesn't include any accessories.

Here with you, one could get four beggar-spec ones!

So, big brother, are you really not my long-lost godfather?

At this very moment, countless scavengers in the wilderness outside the city, squatting on rooftops holding antennas to catch signals, were in tears, even planning to fill up their tanks and rush to Yacheng.

"Please don't be anxious, friends present, we will announce the ordering phone number and link later."

In the nearly boiling factory, Ji Jue raised his hands and pressed down slightly. From the slightly lowered sound, he finally announced: "To give back to customers for their consistent support, and to thank the family members in the live broadcast room and present, we have also launched an upgraded combination Golden Collection Power-Enhanced Edition—the Autographed Radish, with a base price of 1.15 million!

Regarding the specific configuration, there isn't actually much difference, um, it's just that there's an extra Coast signature on the car paint. Besides that, to thank users for their support, we will also give away a maintenance and care kit totaling eighty-one pieces.

Besides screwdrivers, wrenches, and some accessories, dedicated car wash rags, and water guns, um, it also includes some small tools for customers to handle problems in the wilderness.

For example..."

He paused and looked behind him: "An auxiliary assistance system specially used to help purchasers with carrying and pushing the car—【Chili】!"

As soon as the words fell, three employees wearing Coast uniforms walked out from behind the stage, each of them a beanpole Ji Jue had specially picked from the workers, thin and gaunt, with no muscle at all.

At this moment, they moved slowly, crawling to the front of the stage like tortoises.

By the way, they were showcasing that crimson metal skeleton that extended from the spine on the back to the limbs, covering the whole body!

The sound of the engine running and friction was so clear. Under the power maintenance, the few people moved forward step by step like stiff puppets, jumped down the stage steps, and passed through the center.

Finally, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the three people surrounded the Radish parked outside the venue, bent down, and exerted force in unison. The sound of mechanical operation instantly became high-pitched, and the hydraulic rods rose.

Instantly, the metal skeletons on the spine, waist, and legs locked, supporting the weight.

A Radish with a net weight of over three tons was actually lifted up with the joint effort of the three skinny employees. In front of everyone, it was slowly moved back onto the stage.

The moment they let go and it landed, the sound of waves erupted in the venue again.

And the three employees raised their hands, without even a trace of pressure marks or oil stains.

Next, in front of everyone, after opening the accidental touch protection, they released it with one click.

The crimson exoskeleton system stood in place like a person, without even any disguise or concealment, straightforwardly displaying its own structure.

Under the spotlight, it flashed with light.

It illuminated eyes that didn't know they were lost in the dark night. Instantly, it made the scavengers' eyes teary, unable to see clearly anymore.

Wrong, it was all wrong.

This is no godfather! This is clearly a biological father!

At this moment, in the hearts of countless scavengers and nomads, Ji Jue is a great man descended from heaven, and Coast is the only answer!

Now everyone just wants to smash the 【1】 key, and gently ask big brother, are you really giving it away? It's cold, do you want to add a piece of clothing?

And off stage, the media and reporters were already reaching out, impatient.

Ji Jue randomly pointed to one, and the reporter immediately stood up and asked with a microphone: "Mr. Ji, does the advent of the heavy-duty off-road vehicle Radish and the exoskeleton signify that Coast Auto Factory will return to the military industry field?

Are you going to compete with other companies in the same track?"

"Ah?"

Ji Jue was stunned, confused: "What are you talking about! We are making wilderness transport vehicles and maintenance tools!"

"But that exoskeleton..."

"Please note, what we designed is an auxiliary force-feedback assistance system made to help heavy manual laborers carry heavy objects, not an exoskeleton in the conventional sense."

Ji Jue corrected sternly: "Our products are also absolutely not allowed to be used in disputes or military fields! Coast Auto Factory has always been a company focused on private and public livelihood. Contributing to society is our greatest wish and goal..."

Blow your mother's spiral dog-fart!

At this moment, in the conference room of Echo Science and Industry, besides Shang Tongwen's angry panting, even the breathing of others could not be heard.

Not an exoskeleton?

Who the hell are you fooling!

This is completely a monkey-version created after randomly stitching together those dozen exoskeleton structures in the military database, cutting the configuration until even its mother wouldn't recognize it!

The flexibility and mobility were reduced to the extreme, without the original swiftness like the wind, and then, while maintaining the support system, the power was applied to a few mechanical fixed carrying movements...

But no matter how much you talk, it doesn't change one point: this is a damn exoskeleton!

Just like the armored off-road vehicle that just went by the name of a pickup truck, even the beggar-spec exoskeleton is still an exoskeleton!

This is a naked military-to-civilian conversion, and it's a conversion that's like a rebirth, converted until it's unrecognizable, but in its bones, it's exactly the same! And it's almost copied directly from Echo Science and Industry's style!

"Speak up, what are you all stunned for!"

He raised his eyes to look at all the participants: "Can't we sue them!"

"... Uh, this, well..."

The engineer hesitated: "Generally speaking, there are only four or five types of exoskeleton structures. The details are different, but essentially they are all much the same. Patent law cannot pursue such similarities in basic structure."

Besides, even if we could pursue it, we can't sue!

If we could successfully sue, then many companies in the Federation would be in danger. Over the years, everyone has been copying each other, copying back and forth, how many micro-innovations have been copied.

You can sue others, and others can come to mess with you too!

Don't you do knock-offs? Don't you refer to competitors?

The most fatal point is that if you want to sue it for plagiarism and patent infringement, you have to first admit that it copied you...

With Ji Jue's beggar-spec configuration stitched until it's unrecognizable, let alone Echo Science and Industry, even the lawyers from Cosmic Weight would curse: What is this, don't mooch!

Even if the plagiarism is established, the one insulted is yourself—then I ask you: how did others copy you into such a thing, is there something wrong with you?

Moreover, Ji Jue didn't even sell it directly.

From beginning to end, this is a gift for purchasing Coast Auto Factory's signature. It's like how in some mobile games, after you buy useless avatar frames and small props, they give you a few game coins that happen to be usable for drawing cards...

It maximized risk avoidance and went in with the intention of skirting the rules from the very beginning!

Now, in the live broadcast room screen, Ji Jue has already started talking about the design concept of 【Chili】, and subsequent extended models that may be launched.

Amidst the stunned expressions of competitors, he entered the pie-in-the-sky segment everyone is most accustomed to. A total of three different configurations: large, medium, and small.

Besides the medium-sized auxiliary load system being given away, currently in the testing stage is also a large auxiliary load system specifically used for carrying large heavy objects and loads, with enhanced flexibility.

It is even larger and more exaggerated than the medium one, the whole person is wrapped inside, and it can also perform multi-system coordinated operations, specifically built for industrial production, effectively solving the risks faced by frontline workers when carrying large equipment and operating heavy materials.

And the small one completely discarded phlogiston, adopted battery power, motor-assisted power, and was even more beggar-spec than the medium one. After removing all load-bearing and carrying capabilities, it achieved what can only be called barely passable flexibility.

And the specific demonstration segment was handed over to...

Yan Jian in a wheelchair!

Just like this, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yan Jian, whose limbs were broken and still in casts, was carried up. With the help of others, after putting on simple fixing buckles on his feet, an ultra-light exoskeleton weighing less than ten kilograms was already attached to his body.

Simple and easy installation completed, power turned on, straps tightened, artificial muscle bundles covered from the outside, supporting him, from the wheelchair, standing up once again.

Right before everyone's eyes!

In that instant, in the solemn silence, came a sigh of realization.

"This is what I wanted to bring to everyone in this press conference."

Ji Jue said slowly: "Different from the medium and large assistance systems, it adopts a separate design and concept, as well as two completely different application scenarios and users from the previous two.

I presume everyone has already seen it, its function is a prosthetic limb."

Please... collect_ (!)

Based on the leg prosthesis once specially made for Little An, on top of this, the transmission spine was completed, a power system was added, and a modular dual-arm structure that can be freely selected was designed.

The simplest force-feedback drive, as long as you can still move, you can act as normal.

Even weak patients bedridden, or disabled people with missing limbs, can infinitely approach the activities of normal people.

Even if it needs charging, even if there are many troubles, it can still briefly leave the sickbed or wheelchair, and like everyone else, bathe in the sunlight.

Walk freely.

"The advent of new models and products must undergo market testing and practical use to better compensate for deficiencies and serve users. Therefore, the auxiliary drive prosthetic limb will not be sold in the short term."

Ji Jue said slowly: "To facilitate more disabled people with limited mobility, and to bring help to more people who need it, we will cooperate with the Chongguang Church, the Yacheng Veterans Club, and the Haizhou Disabled Persons Mutual Aid Association to open an application channel, starting today, opening test application quotas.

It is expected to be three thousand people. All friends participating in the test will unconditionally obtain the replacement qualification for the new official version after the three-month test ends and production begins. The same applies in the future, with free maintenance and door-to-door repairs.

As long as Coast is still here for one day, no, as long as I am still here for one day, no matter how it is reorganized or the property rights change, I guarantee that this will not change at all."

He paused, looked at Yan Jian moving awkwardly forward, smiled slightly, and handed the teleprompter to him: "As for the price of the official version, I would like to invite the most important member and engineer of Coast Auto Factory, as well as its initial tester, my friend Yan Jian, to announce it for everyone."

In the silence, there was only the subtle sound of the motor drive. Supported by the auxiliary prosthetic limb, Yan Jian stumbled forward a step.

Feeling the camera's filming and the gazes cast by everyone, for a moment, his lips moved, and he actually became nervous. Holding the teleprompter, after a long silence, he smiled self-deprecatingly.

"7,300 yuan."

He announced straightforwardly: "This is our originally planned price. After all, batteries are really not cheap, and the processing difficulty is indeed not low. If you want to talk about reasons, there are actually more, but those are all unimportant things.

As a healthy person who used to move freely, after falling into the predicament of having to rely on a wheelchair for activities and being unable to take care of eating and going to the toilet, I truly felt the inconvenience of limb limitations, and its limitations.

As everyone can see, it is not as good as you imagined, nor is it so perfect. There are a bunch of problems and troubles that need to be overcome. But I believe that all problems can be gradually solved through technology in the future.

The only point we cannot solve is that its users may not be as lucky as me to have the possibility of recovery, and it is possible that they will find it very difficult to walk like a healthy person for a lifetime...

So I think, on the point of the selling price, I have reached a consensus with its designer and creator, Mr. Ji Jue.

It can be cheaper, even cheaper, the cheaper the better!"

Yan Jian took a deep breath, restraining the spasms and excitement in his lungs, and tried hard to maintain the steadiness of his tone: "So, before going on stage, according to our last discussion result: we decided to truly carry it out as a charity movement.

Thanks to Qiaoshi Group for providing accessories at cost price, and thanks to the Chongguang Church for donating special charitable funds for this.

Finally, thanks to Mr. Ji Jue for giving me the honor of announcing this decision—"

Just like this, Yan Jian raised his hand, tore off the last page of paper on the teleprompter, and displayed it in front of the camera and all the witnesses:

"—Its final decided selling price is, 5,100 yuan!"

Amidst many stunned and shocked eyes, Yan Jian's face flushed red, incoherent: "Thank you everyone, thank you all for your support, I hope it can meet all the friends who need it as soon as possible.

I also hope that in the future, Coast Auto can always be by everyone's side...

Thank you, thank you all, thank you, thank you!"

By the end, he could no longer restrain his excitement and choking.

Perhaps it was the pain brought by the fracture, perhaps it was the torture accumulated from years of depressed waiting and suffering, or perhaps, it was finally one day, finally watching all this be able to start over, able to create more value again...

There were too many reasons to shed tears.

So much so that, at this moment, amidst the applause and cheers, he was sobbing uncontrollably.

He lowered his head, awkwardly raised his hand, wiped his tears, and wanted to leave.

But before he could turn around, he had already been grabbed by the person beside him.

"Stand straight, Engineer Yan, it's not time for you to exit yet."

Ji Jue patted his shoulder, blocked him, and together, they raised their hands again, amidst the cheers, shouts, and unstoppable applause, waving their hands.

Toward the venue in front of them, and even, the more distant world.

Just like this, full of pride and arrogance, showcasing everything he had created.

At this moment, far away in the Central City.

In the reception room of the Director of the Federal Security Bureau, what appeared on the TV was exactly that smiling face.

The mist rising from the tea blurred Lu Yingyue's face.

On the sofa, the white-haired, sturdy old man quietly watched the scene on the screen. After a long time, he sighed softly and remarked: "In the prime of youth, sharp and aggressive, truly a young talent."

He paused and looked at Lu Yingyue sitting opposite him:

"In the words of the Embers, I suppose it would be a fine piece of jade, wouldn't it?"

(End of chapter)