Chapter 179

By the time the video reached this point, the bullet comments were laughing like crazy:

"Brother Hao's car crash scene!"

"Egg: Don't I have any dignity?"

"Guangzi's roasting is always so precise."

"So does Brother Hao actually have a girlfriend?"

Wang Hao climbed out of the mech angrily and said to the camera: "Cut this part! Do it again!"

But the video wasn't cut and was released just like that.

The effect was even better—in three days, the view count exceeded 50 million, and the comment section was full of memes.

"After watching Brother Hao's teaching, I understand: not everyone can drive a mech, you need patience."

"Turns out big shots also crash, suddenly I feel Subject Two isn't that scary."

"Am I the only one concerned about Brother Hao's lifelong event? @Longyin Research Institute, hurry up and assign a girlfriend to Brother Hao!"

The video went viral, but it also brought trouble.

The examination center called the institute the next day: "Engineer Wang, your video... can you stop teaching students to treat eggs like girlfriends?"

"Today a student muttered 'girlfriend, girlfriend' the whole way during the exam, and ended up breaking eight eggs with a shake of his hand."

Wang Hao laughed on the phone: "That just shows he doesn't have a girlfriend yet, no experience!"

Chen Guang added a knife on the side: "Like you have one."

"Brother Hao is focused on his career!"

While they were making a scene, Feng Yan walked into the cafeteria, holding a tablet.

"Just received a report," he placed the tablet on the table.

"A 'Mech License Guaranteed Pass Class' has appeared online, charging 8,888, promising to get the certificate in seven days."

On the screen was a crude website with an exaggerated slogan: "Exclusive secrets, bypass Longyin certification, get the certificate quickly!"

Wang Hao leaned over to look: "What is this?"

"Click in and see."

Chen Guang operated a few times and pulled up the website backend, which was actually just an online video course, and the lecturer was a mysterious expert wearing a mask.

The content was all pieced together from basic knowledge, mixed with a large number of hints about internal channels and relationship operations.

The funniest part was the practical operation section: the lecturer used a game controller connected to a computer to control a crude 3D mech model, saying this was a "simulation training system."

"Can this thing actually fool people?" Wang Hao couldn't believe it.

"More than a hundred people have already signed up," Feng Yan pulled up the payment records, "The amount involved has reached over 800,000."

Li Yang frowned: "This needs to be handled quickly."

"It's already being handled," Feng Yan said.

"The cyber police raided the den this morning and arrested five people. They are all unemployed people doing scams."

He paused: "But this incident reminds us: the civilian demand for mech driver's license exams is too great, so great that some people are willing to spend money on shortcuts."

"Our teaching videos are still too professional," Wang Hao touched his chin, "They need to be more down-to-earth."

"How to be down-to-earth?"

"Like this—" Wang Hao's eyes lit up.

"How about we hold a 'Universal Teaching' activity! Let those who have passed share their experiences, shoot short videos, and then we officially repost them."

"The personal experience of the masses is more useful than any expert lecture!"

Chen Guang thought for a moment: "Okay. 'Torch Dragon' can screen high-quality content and automatically push it to relevant candidates."

"Then let's do it!" Wang Hao got excited.

"Brother Hao will be the judge himself, select the best ten, and give away limited edition mech model figures!"

The plan was launched that afternoon.

The official Longyin account released an announcement: "#MechExamExperienceSharing# collection activity has started!"

"As long as you share your exam insights, practice tips, failure experiences... as long as it's real, you have a chance to get official recommendation + limited edition gifts!"

In twenty-four hours, the topic view count exceeded 1 billion.

Submission videos flew in like snowflakes:

"I use the feel of delivering takeout to drive a mech," filmed by a takeout rider, 30 million views.

He transplanted his usual technique of carrying soup without spilling it to mech operation.

"The commonalities between mech fingers and scalpels," filmed by a surgeon, from force control precision to micro-operation, professional and easy to understand.

"I'm seventy years old, I want to learn too," filmed by an old grandma.

She didn't sign up, but went outside the exam center every day to watch, filmed young people practicing with her phone, and added her own commentary.

At the end of the video, she said: "I'm old and can't learn. But seeing you young people learn and be able to make a living from this, I'm happy."

Feng Yan personally reposted this video: "Age is not a limitation. We are developing an auxiliary model for the elderly, which will be on the market next year. Grandma, please come for a test drive then."

The hottest one was filmed by a ten-year-old boy.

He used Lego to build a simple mechanical arm, controlled it with mobile phone Bluetooth, and practiced clamping ping pong balls. Video title: "I'll start practicing now, and take the mech driver's license test in ten years!"

The comment section was full of "The younger generation is formidable" and "Keep it up, kid."

After watching, Wang Hao slapped his thigh: "This kid has talent! Invite him to visit the institute!"

"He's only ten," Chen Guang reminded.

"So what if he's ten? When Brother Hao was ten, I was already making homemade explosives!"

"... Then it's even more important to remind parents to pay attention to safety."

While the activity was booming, the data of the examination center was also updating.

First day: 43 examination centers nationwide, Subject Two pass rate 68%.

Second day: 71%.

Third day: 75%.

As more experience was shared, candidates began to learn from each other, and the pass rate rose steadily.

But some problems were also exposed.

On the fourth day, Yunchuan Examination Center, Examiner Zhang sent a message to Feng Yan:

"President Feng, there was a situation today. During the exam, a candidate's mech suddenly performed a set of high-difficulty movements."

"It was later found that he had implanted a cheating program to bypass the force feedback limit."

"Handled?"

"Disqualified on the spot, banned from taking the test for three years. But I'm thinking..." Examiner Zhang typed very slowly.

"No matter how high the technical threshold is, it can't stop people from finding loopholes. Our safety system must also consider the human factor."

Feng Yan replied: "Understood. We will upgrade the system and add behavior recognition algorithms. Not only monitor the mech status but also analyze the operator's behavior patterns."

"That would be best."

Turning off the communicator, Feng Yan walked to the institute's test field.

On the field, dozens of training mechs were practicing simultaneously. Some movements were skillful, some were stumbling.

A young student was practicing egg handling repeatedly, having already broken a basket of eggs, and was still persisting.

The coach roared from the side: "Light! Light! How many times have I told you, that's not a brick!"

The student was sweating profusely, but his eyes were stubborn.

Feng Yan watched for a while and suddenly asked Li Yang beside him: "When was our first mech built?"

"Three years ago, in a warehouse," Li Yang said, "At that time, even the hydraulic system was unstable, and it would wobble after two steps."

"And now?"

"Now..." Li Yang looked at the mechs on the field, "An ordinary person can practice for a month and use it to complete precision operations."

"This is progress," Feng Yan said, "The process of technological popularization is turning miracles into daily life."

He paused: "But in daily life, there are also new challenges."

In the evening, Li Daming finished a day of simulator training and walked out of the examination center.

He hadn't taken Subject Three yet, but he had already made an appointment for next week.

His phone rang; it was the foreman.

"Daming, how did the test go?"

"Passed Subject Two."

"Awesome!" the foreman's voice was loud.

"Hurry up, come to work after passing Subject Three! The construction site just brought in two engineering mechs, 400 a day during the probation period, 500 after becoming a regular!"

Li Daming felt a heat in his heart: "Really?"

"Why would I lie to you? Now those who can drive mechs are the bosses! Learn quickly, and teach me after you learn!"

Hanging up the phone, Li Daming stood on the street, watching the sunset.

On the large screen across the street, news about the mech driver's license exam was playing. In the picture, a construction worker just like him was busy on the construction site, wearing a mech, able to lift half a ton of building materials at once.

On that person's face, there was sweat, and there was a smile.

Li Daming watched for a long time, then turned and walked toward the bus stop.

He had to go home and tell his wife this good news.

He also had to tell his son: Dad learned to drive a mech, and can earn more money in the future to buy you better toys.

On the bus, several people were scrolling through their phones, all watching mech-related videos.

A young man muttered: "This Subject Two is too hard, I'm taking the test for the third time tomorrow..."

An auntie next to him replied: "What's hard? My son passed in one go! He said it's like playing a claw machine, just find the right feel!"

"Claw machine..." the young man smiled bitterly, "I've never been able to catch a doll either."

The whole bus laughed.

Li Daming also laughed.

As he laughed, he suddenly felt that this new era seemed to have really arrived.

And he was standing in the tide of the new era.

The bus drove through the city streets, and outside the window, neon lights began to light up.

On one of the billboards, there was a newly sprayed slogan: "Mech era, everyone has a chance to shine."

Li Daming looked at that sentence and clenched his fists.

He had to seize this opportunity.

For his family, and for himself.

And at the other end of the city, in the Longyin Research Institute, Feng Yan received a special video screened by "Torch Dragon."

The video was posted on an account in a remote mountainous area, the picture was blurry, but the content was amazing:

A rural young man used a scrap motorcycle engine, tractor hydraulic rods, and a pile of scrap iron to piece together a crude "farm mech."

Although it could only walk slowly, and the mechanical arm could only do simple grasping, but—it was really usable.

Video title: "The harvester I made myself, can harvest ten acres of land a day."

Feng Yan clicked on the comment section and found that many netizens had already @Longyin official.

He thought for a moment and left a comment with his own account:

"Brother, great craftsmanship. Are you interested in coming to Longyin's 'Civilian Creative Advisory Group'? Travel expenses reimbursed, food and housing provided."

Click, send.

Three minutes later, this comment rushed to the hot search.

#LongyinRecruitingTalentFromAmongThePeople#