275: Chapter 275 The official website was overwhelmed with traffic.

Meanwhile, inside the exhibition hall, Lu Li had walked back to the center of the stage.

After the continuous impact of the pricing, pilot cities, and driving regulations, the emotions of the audience on-site had been pushed to a very high level.

Lu Li, however, did not continue talking about the product. He looked down at the audience, and his tone suddenly became calm.

"The content regarding the star wing m1 for today is basically finished."

"However, before the press conference ends, I still want to talk about something unrelated to the Anti-gravity Vehicle."

The venue went quiet. A sea of question marks popped up in the live stream's bullet comments.

"There's more?"

"Don't tell me there's another new product?"

"God Lu, don't scare me, my heart can't take it."

"The sky roads were just built, what are we building now?"

Lu Li smiled.

"It's not new hardware."

"It's a new project from the Guanghui Technology Public Welfare Laboratory."

The star wing m1 on the big screen gradually faded away, replaced by a page so clean it was almost stark white. It had only four characters on it: [Baby Come Home].

The venue suddenly became even quieter. Lu Li looked into the camera, his tone more serious than before.

"Guanghui Technology's Public Welfare Laboratory has been working on some things that are unrelated to technology, yet also related to technology, for some time now."

"We expect to release a public welfare app on the virtual platform in March."

"It has only one goal."

"To help those children abducted by human traffickers find a chance to go home."

When these words fell, many people on-site didn't even react for a moment. A moment ago, it was about the Anti-gravity Vehicle. It was about price. It was about low-altitude transportation. It was about the future of cities. But the next second, Lu Li switched the topic to abducted children. The transition was too great. And precisely because of that, the impact was even stronger.

Lu Li continued, "This app will combine radiance ai visual technology, Virtual Helmet facial modeling, public databases for finding relatives, and cooperative interfaces with relevant departments."

"We will use AI, based on the child's facial information at the time they went missing, to deduce their possible appearance years later."

"What a child who went missing at seven might look like at seventeen."

"What a child who went missing at three might look like at twenty-three."

"In the past, many families could only rely on a blurry photo to wait for a miracle."

"In the future, we hope that technology can make miracles arrive a little earlier."

No one in the venue spoke. Many people's eyes had changed. Lu Li's voice continued to sound:

"This app will not charge any fees to families searching for relatives."

"All related services will be completely free."

"At the same time, it will not be open for any individual to search at will."

"Data auditing, identity verification, and privacy protection will be subject to strict rules jointly formulated by the Guanghui Technology Public Welfare Laboratory and relevant departments."

"We are looking for the road home."

"We are not providing a tool for anyone to pry into others' privacy."

The bullet comments in the live stream slowly changed.

"Holy crap, if this project succeeds, it's truly a work of immeasurable merit."

"My neighbor's child has been missing for over a decade, and they are still looking."

"Human traffickers must die."

"Guanghui Technology's vision is truly beyond words."

"A moment ago, he was building roads in the sky for the city, and now he's paving the way for children to go home."

"God Lu, putting everything else aside, I will support this project for the rest of my life."

Applause began to erupt in the venue. At first, it was sparse. Then, it grew louder and louder. Finally, it almost drowned out the entire exhibition hall. This applause was even more enduring than when the price was announced. Because the Anti-gravity Vehicle was shocking. But this public welfare app made many people feel a pang in their hearts.

After the applause died down, Lu Li said in conclusion:

"The star wing m1 will change the city."

"And for this project from the Public Welfare Laboratory, we hope it can change the fate of some families."

"Today's press conference ends here."

"Thank you, everyone."

The stage lights came on. The press conference officially ended. But everyone knew that the real storm had only just begun.

...

Less than ten minutes after the press conference ended, the reservation page for the star wing m1 on the official Guanghui Technology website was crashed. The technical department urgently expanded capacity. But the number of orders continued to jump up at an exaggerated speed.

The star wing m1 Urban Commuter Edition and the M1 Pro Dual-Seater High-Energy Edition were opened for reservations at the same time. Among them, the standard version had the highest number of reservations. The price of eighty-nine thousand was still not easy for many families. But it had already entered the range of "gritting your teeth and planning for it."

As for the 250,000 M1 Pro, the number of reservations was equally terrifying. Family users, corporate users, influencers, self-media, and tech bloggers all wanted to grab the first batch.

The online comment section was almost flooded with relevant content.

"Already reserved!"

"Eighty-nine thousand, gritting my teeth and going for it!"

"I can't afford the Pro, but I can try the M1."

"If my company park could use the Pro, efficiency would take off directly."

"When can I test drive at a Guanghui Technology flagship store?"

Soon, Guanghui Technology officially released an announcement. Guanghui Technology flagship stores and factory stores in major pilot cities across the country would successively open for offline test drives.

Hangbei City.

Zhang Beihai was one of the first users to receive the experience delivery notification. He was twenty-nine years old and a product manager at an internet company.

Calling him a fan of Guanghui Technology wasn't exactly accurate. He wasn't the type of die-hard fan who spent every day online hyping up Guanghui Technology and battling trolls for three hundred rounds. But he basically owned all the products that Guanghui Technology should have.

Guanghui Mobile. Virtual Helmet. He even had a Guanghui Technology simulated female Robot at home to help him with housework.

When he first bought the Virtual Helmet, he was actually very skeptical. It was hyped up too much online, saying that the thing was as real as the second world. Zhang Beihai thought at the time that this was mostly marketing talk.

As a result, after actually putting it on, he was silent for a full ten minutes. Then, the first thing he said after logging off was:

"It's over, I think I've been living a bit too realistically before."

From then on, his criteria for judging Guanghui Technology changed. If others said it existed, it might be hype. If Guanghui Technology said it existed, it was best not to rush to mock it. So, after the star wing m1 press conference ended this time, he hesitated for ten minutes. Then he gritted his teeth and placed a reservation order.

A few days later, the experience delivery notification arrived. Zhang Beihai specifically took half a day off and took a taxi to the Guanghui Technology Hangbei flagship store. Before he even reached the entrance, he saw a large crowd gathered outside the store. Many people weren't there to buy; they were just there to watch the excitement.

An experience area had been temporarily marked out outside the store, surrounded by safety fences, and there were staff members at the entrance verifying reservation information. Zhang Beihai turned on his phone camera, preparing to record the whole process. In the video, his voice was clearly unable to suppress his excitement.

"Brothers, I've arrived at the Guanghui Technology Hangbei flagship store now."

"To be honest, I still feel a bit unreal even now."

"Buying a flying vehicle for eighty-nine thousand, who would have believed this six months ago?"

After entering the store, a female shop assistant came up to greet him. She was wearing Guanghui Technology's unified offline white uniform, with a blue Guanghui Technology logo on her chest, black stockings, and a sweet, professional smile on her face.

"Hello, Mr. Zhang, welcome to the Guanghui Technology Hangbei flagship store."

"You have reserved the first batch experience delivery of the star wing m1, is that correct?"

Zhang Beihai nodded.