69: Chapter 69 A Gale-like Storm Shakes the Streets! The Entire Internet Bows Down

The next morning.

Just as dawn broke over Yu City, the entire Chinese internet had already exploded.

#Jifeng Electric Motorcycle 320km Range#

The topic suddenly landed at third on the trending search list.

The comments section was even more of a boiling cauldron.

"I was there yesterday! That bike really ran for a whole day, and it still had thirty percent battery left!"

"Is a 320-kilometer range for real? Stop bragging, person above me, is there a video?"

"Yes! Search 'Motorcycle Veteran' on Bilibili; he livestreamed the whole thing! From nine in the morning to five in the afternoon, nine bikes were used in rotation, and not one of them broke down!"

"For real? I'm buying a plane ticket to Yu City right now! I have to see it with my own eyes!"

Overnight, the tide had completely turned.

From skepticism, to shock, and then to fanaticism.

...

8:30 AM.

The Exhibition Center hadn't opened yet, but a large crowd had already gathered at the entrance.

Guan Yi looked at the dense sea of heads with a calm expression.

She instructed Chen Yi beside her, "Today, put all twenty of our Baofengs and twenty of our Jifengs in the test ride area."

"Understood."

Chen Yi immediately led his people to the parking lot.

9:00 AM sharp.

The doors of the Exhibition Center opened on time.

The crowd that had been waiting for a long time flooded in like a tide, but this time, no one went to the booths of giants like Diya and Taben.

Everyone was sprinting in the same direction—the outdoor test ride area!

When they saw that Chen Yi and Chen Er had already neatly arranged forty bikes in the open space, the scene spun out of control.

"Me first! I was in line yesterday!"

"Don't push! Who stepped on my foot!"

"I want the silver one! I want the Jifeng!"

The crowd surged forward frantically. The dozen or so security guards responsible for maintaining order formed a human wall but were pushed back repeatedly.

"Back up! Everyone back up!"

The security captain shouted himself hoarse through a megaphone, but it was useless.

The twenty Jifengs and twenty Baofengs hadn't stopped for a single second since the opening.

As soon as one group got off, another group immediately rushed on; forty figures shuttled back and forth on the track.

Those who couldn't snag a bike could only surround the area, holding up their phones to film, their faces filled with envy and anxiety.

...

Meanwhile.

The booths of all other manufacturers at the exhibition were deserted.

Wei Jianjun stood on the second floor of the booth, watching the boiling crowd in the distant test ride area, feeling completely numb.

The executives beside him also had ashen faces.

"It's over... it's all over..."

A marketing director muttered to himself, "We've completely become a backdrop for someone else at this Motorcycle Trade Show. There's not a single ripple online for the 'Leishen' launch event; it's all about that 'Jifeng'!"

Wei Jianjun didn't speak.

He took out his phone and dialed Li Wenbo's number.

The call connected.

"President Li..."

"The situation over at Star Technology is out of control."

"Speak."

Li Wenbo's voice came through.

"Right now in the test ride area, everyone is lining up to test ride the Jifeng. There's basically no one left on our side."

Wei Jianjun gritted his teeth. "The media has all run over there too. Even the self-media influencers we paid are now livestreaming Star Technology's bikes."

"Keep watching them."

"Yes."

Wei Jianjun hung up, his face dark.

...

The third day.

The popularity, instead of waning, only increased.

The name "Star Technology" had become the sole focus of this Motorcycle Trade Show.

The cameras of various media outlets almost blocked off the test ride area, and the number of online viewers in streamers' rooms repeatedly hit new highs.

2:00 PM.

The foot traffic in the test ride area reached its peak.

Chen Xu once again walked to the center of the area and picked up a megaphone.

All the noise stopped instantly, and every lens was pointed at him.

"Everyone."

Chen Xu's voice spread throughout the venue via the megaphone: "Today, we will conduct the final test."

As soon as he spoke, Chen Shier wheeled over a Jifeng that had just finished a test ride, its battery nearly depleted.

Chen Xu pointed to a nearby temporary charging pile.

"It is now exactly 2:00 PM."

"We will demonstrate the Jifeng's fast-charging capability live."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the crowd.

"In twenty minutes, this bike's battery will be restored to eighty percent."

The crowd exploded.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

A man wearing glasses shouted loudly, a "Diya R&D Department" badge hanging on his chest. "Even the industry's fastest charging technology takes an hour to reach eighty percent! Twenty minutes? Are you telling fairy tales?"

"Exactly! It's probably another fully charged bike you prepared beforehand!"

"Scammer! Faking data!"

Countless voices of doubt rang out.

Chen Xu remained unmoved.

Before everyone, he picked up the charging gun and personally plugged it into the Jifeng's charging port.

The indicator light on the charging pile lit up, and the screen began to display charging data.

Chen Xu picked up his phone, opened the timer, and pointed the screen at the nearest media lens.

Timing, start.

The scene fell silent.

Everyone stared at the charging Jifeng and the timer on Chen Xu's phone.

The comments in all the livestream rooms were frantically counting down.

One minute.

Five minutes.

Ten minutes...

The Diya engineer's face grew increasingly unsightly.

He took out his phone, opened the calculator, and tapped rapidly on the screen.

Then, his hand stopped.

"This is impossible..."

He muttered to himself, "With this kind of charging speed, how many milliohms must the internal resistance be controlled within? How strong must the cooling system be? This simply isn't achievable with existing technology..."

Fifteen minutes...

Nineteen minutes...

Nineteen minutes and fifty seconds...

The time ticked by second by second.

Twenty minutes!

The timer emitted a crisp notification sound.

Chen Xu reached out and unplugged the charging gun.

He straddled the Jifeng and turned the key.

The dashboard lit up.

Everyone's eyes were focused on that small LCD screen.

The battery level bar jumped up from the red zone and finally settled firmly in the green zone.

The number froze—

82%!

A mountain-shaking, tsunami-like cheer erupted!

"Holy crap!!!"

"Eighty-two percent! He really did it!"

"My god! What kind of black technology is this!"

"Twenty minutes of charging for 260 kilometers of range! How are other manufacturers supposed to survive?"

The media reporters went wild, the sound of shutters clicking incessantly.

The streamers were already incoherent, roaring frantically at their cameras.

The Diya engineer who had previously shouted "impossible" stood frozen in place, his phone slipping from his hand and hitting the ground with a thud.

It was over.

Completely over.

This was not the same generation of technology.

This was a generational gap in technology.

This was a dimensionality reduction strike.

...

Meanwhile.

Thousands of kilometers away in Xi City, Su Province.

Diya Group Headquarters, top-floor office.

Watching the livestream, Li Wenbo dialed Wei Jianjun's number.

"Wei Jianjun."

"Yes, President Li."

"Use whatever means necessary."

Li Wenbo's instruction was simple: "Get me a 'Jifeng' back here."

Hanging up, Li Wenbo sat in his chair and continued watching the livestream.

"Jifeng."

Star Technology.

Chen Xu.

He engraved these two names deeply into his mind.

[Begging for a charge!!!!!]