Chapter 24
Xia Ke had just explained things to Wei Qingyu when she was slapped by her mother.
"You brat, if you're going to test drive, just test drive! Why are you making such a fuss? You've scared your parents half to death!"
Xia's father also came over, his voice filled with anger, "You don't consider the consequences of your actions! Have you ever thought about what your mother, your sister, and I would do if something happened to you!"
This is the downside of working under your parents' noses. No matter how high a position you hold or how great your achievements are, you're still a child in their eyes, and they'll scold you for any mistakes you make.
Xia An slowly followed, and after meeting Xia Ke's gaze, she shrugged and waved.
"You know, Mr. Xia and Ms. Wang are the boss's parents, so they have special privileges. No one in the company can stop them."
Xia Ke had a reasonable suspicion that she did it on purpose. The two elders were both reasonable people, and she didn't believe that they would come over after she explained that she was doing something important.
After making a lot of promises and finally seeing my parents off, the test drive of the next product can finally continue.
A group of people returned to the familiar warehouse, where another product produced by the Flying Carpet Core was also displayed.
Back then, Xia Ke led all the employees of Hongqi Piao to select two suggestions from netizens as the next production plan for Hongqi Piao.
One of them is a cool flying car.
The flying car is something that not only netizens want to see in person, but Xia Ke herself is also looking forward to its production.
Another option is to adopt the suggestion from netizens to create a somersault cloud model similar to that of the Monkey King.
Hongqi Piao certainly can't make a somersault cloud that can travel 108,000 li in a single somersault, but it can certainly make a bootleg somersault cloud that can travel at 150 mph.
The flying car was driven out, and now only one item remains in the warehouse.
As soon as he entered the warehouse, everyone's attention was drawn to him.
It was a cloud floating a meter above the ground, pure white and fluffy. It floated quietly on the other side of the warehouse, and occasionally it would tremble up and down. The cloud on it would become ethereal, like the auspicious clouds that immortals in myths could casually summon, dreamlike and beautiful.
The product is named Jile Cloud.
Cumulus clouds are one of the most common types of clouds in the sky, and they usually appear in clear weather. The name is chosen to express the hope that the sunny and cheerful clouds will also bring happiness to the customers who buy it.
If flying cars represent the mysterious and cool futuristic science fiction, then Jile Cloud represents the romantic, beautiful, warm, and lovely.
Both the Jile Cloud and the Flying Car use high-strength steel as the overall frame, and the outer shell uses high-density materials containing titanium alloy. However, unlike the Flying Car, the Jile Cloud also uses fluffy materials to create a cloud shape on the outer shell. In order to prevent dust and dirt, the surface of the cloud shape is specially made of dustproof and waterproof materials.
The ethereal cloud effect is due to the smoke generator placed at the bottom of the cloud.
The two products, Feiche and Jileyun, have completely different styles and can basically meet consumer needs.
If these two products receive a positive response after being launched on the market, Hongqi Piao will consider other styles and designs.
"The test drive has started. Are you going to get on this time?"
Xia Ke walked to Ji Leyun's side, then turned to look at Wei Qingyu, worried that the car chase scene might have left the child with psychological trauma.
"Go." As a carefully trained soldier, Wei Qingyu's fear stemmed from almost being in danger while protecting someone on a mission, rather than from her own predicament.
During her time with Xia Ke, she finally understood why the country valued her so much. Putting aside the fact that protecting the people is a soldier's duty, the value Xia Ke herself embodied was enough to warrant everyone's utmost protection. Losing Xia Ke would mean losing the advanced technological power behind her, which would be a huge loss for the Flower Kingdom.
After receiving Wei Qingyu's affirmative reply, Xia Ke manipulated the Jile Cloud to descend, and jumped on first, with Wei Qingyu following closely behind.
The appearance of the cloud is that of a cloud, but once you go inside, you will find that the middle of the cloud is a concave plane.
When Wei Qingyu entered the middle of the cloud, she saw Xia Ke sitting cross-legged on the top of the cloud, with a control keyboard similar to that of a flying car in front of her.
The keyboard is transparent, but when the red start key is pressed, the keyboard flashes colorful lights.
Xia Ke saw Wei Xinyu's gaze fall on the keyboard and explained, "The keyboard is made transparent so that it won't look out of place when installed against the white clouds. The keyboard flashes colors after the start button is to prevent the operator from not being able to see it clearly."
Wei Qingyu sat down in the same posture as Xia Ke and commented, "It's a very thoughtful design, but the colors are so dazzling they make my eyes hurt."
“What you said is indeed a problem. I’ll make a note of it and have Ma Yan and the others fix it later.”
After that, the Jileyun test drive began.
They are now floating 20 centimeters off the ground. The Jile Cloud and the flying car are completely different products. The interior of the flying car completely simulates an ordinary vehicle, with seats and seat belts. Even knowing that they will fly high into the sky next, they feel very safe.
However, the Jile Cloud is different. There are no seats; you can only sit on the flat surface in the middle. There are no seat belts either. If you want to grab the cloud-shaped objects on both sides to keep your balance, the material is slippery and you can't hold on.
Are we really going to continue flying at high altitudes without any safety measures in this manner?
That's too dangerous.
No one knew Xia Ke's crazy driving skills better than Wei Qingyu; without seatbelts, they would have been thrown out.
must.
"No seatbelts?" Wei Qingyu was willing to die for her country, for the people, and for her mission, but she couldn't accept being thrown out and killed because Xia Ke was speeding—no, speeding—didn't take proper safety precautions.
"Of course there are, but we don't need to do that yet. The first test from Jile Cloud is very mild."
Even now, Wei Qingyu still doesn't understand why Xia Ke, as the boss, would personally test the performance of the flying car and the Jile Cloud. She has so many people under her, she could have easily delegated this task to them.
Thinking this way, she asked the question aloud.
"Of course, only I can guarantee absolute safety by testing it. The flying carpet test must be conducted by a person in person to discover bugs that cannot be found by other items."
"Human life is of paramount importance. How could I casually let someone fly into the sky for testing?"
"Of course, I'm not saying your life isn't precious. I'm just saying that if you stay with me, I can guarantee your absolute safety."
Recalling Xia Ke's mysterious source of technology, Wei Qingyu did not doubt her words of protecting her absolute safety; instead, her opinion of her rose even higher.
"Ready? Let's begin."
With Xia Ke's control, Jileyun wobbled away from the warehouse. Compared to the smooth and stable ride of the flying car, the ride on Jileyun was more leisurely, like being carried on the shoulders of an elder when you were a child.
Xia Ke continued to drive the Ji Le Yun at a leisurely pace, as if it were leaving a warehouse, but after exiting the gate, she increased its height to three meters.
Three meters high, roughly the height of a room, the cloud drifted over the heads of the onlookers, eliciting gasps of surprise, before rounding the factory buildings and arriving at the foot of the mountain behind the factory.
Today is a cloudy day. Thick clouds blocked the sun. When I was test driving the car, the visibility was okay, but after only a short time, dark clouds piled up on the horizon.
Perhaps due to poor lighting, Xia Ke, the operator of the operating system, caused Jileyun to crash into a large tree.
Flying cars all have automatic obstacle avoidance functions, and it's impossible for Jileyun, a product in the same series, not to have one. Wei Qingyu swallowed the words she wanted to say.
When it was 50 centimeters away from the tree, Jileyun indeed detected the obstacle in front of it and drifted to the side. However, due to the many branches of the tree, Jileyun changed from flying parallel to the ground to flying at a 45-degree angle to avoid the branches.
Without a seatbelt, a body can easily slide down the slope.
"Buzz".
The moment my body touched the soft side of the cloud, a transparent L-shaped barrier stopped my body from falling any further.
Seeing Xia Ke leaning against the barrier ahead, writing and drawing on her tablet, Wei Qingyu belatedly realized that Xia Ke's act of hitting the tree was intentional, and that her purpose was to test the cloud tilt and the protective function of the Jile Cloud.
After Xia Ke finished writing the evaluation of the project test, she glanced at Wei Xinyu behind her and nodded in satisfaction.
No wonder he came from the military; his resilience is amazing, he wasn't afraid at all.
"Let's begin the next test."
As soon as the words were spoken, the entire Jile Cloud flipped over, and the two of them ended up upside down.
As she felt the fall, before Wei Qingyu could even cry out, she was caught by a slippery, curved glass partition.
It turned out that when the cloud was flipping, curved barriers extended from the left and right cloud layers to catch the two people as they fell.
"Too slippery, too slow."
The clouds flipped over, and the curved glass and L-shaped baffle were absorbed into the soft cloud layer.
"Next up is the speed test!"
Another series of operations.
The plane in the clouds retreated into the clouds, and the two fell into a cockpit resembling a flying car.
The cockpit is entirely white, just like the exterior of the Jileyun.
"Initially, we registered two products with the government: the Flying Car and the Jile Cloud. Because the Flying Car uses materials with higher hardness and stronger impact resistance, its flight altitude is allowed to be between 200 and 500 meters."
"Although we used similar materials to the flying car for the inner layer of the Jile Cloud and also took safety precautions, due to its non-enclosed space, the maximum permitted flight altitude is only 200 meters. When the flight altitude is greater than five meters, passengers must be seated and fastened with seat belts."
"Before the speed limit regulations are issued, I'll take you for a spin."
A strong push came from behind, and the whistling wind brushed against her cheeks. Wei Qingyu couldn't help but close her eyes. After adjusting, Yun's position had reached another mountain peak.
Truly, soaring clouds.
It was going too fast; the wind was hurting my face.
Xia Ke felt the same way. She quickly raised the transparent barrier in front of the cloud, which blocked the whooshing sound, making both of them feel much better.
"JiLeYun is called a cloud, but it's really just another flying car disguised as a cloud." For safety reasons, the country cannot actually allow her to produce products like the Somersault Cloud, which are fast but lack complete safety measures.
Wei Qingyu couldn't understand Xia Ke's disappointment; in her opinion, it was already quite remarkable.
She genuinely praised him, saying, "You're already amazing." At such a young age, he has already accomplished what many people can't achieve in a lifetime.
"Thank you for your compliment. All the tests have been completed. Let's go back now. It's Ma Yan and the others' turn to get busy!"
Along with Jileyun, the lights that had been burning brightly in the R&D department all night also came to an end.
The test was generally successful, but there are still details that can be optimized. The R&D and product departments must address these shortcomings before the new product launch.
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