The next day, at two in the afternoon.
After packing the equipment needed for the livestream, Chen Yi brought Qin Xiaoyu and Xia Keke to a park by the sea.
"Xiaoyu, how's the progress on the raw material procurement I sent you yesterday, and the subsequent processing and manufacturing of the model aircraft engines?"
"All the raw materials will be delivered to our factory by five this afternoon. I've already arranged with them that as soon as Brother Yi gets there and sends over the blueprints, they can start processing and production immediately."
Qin Xiaoyu answered confidently, without even needing to flip through her work notes.
"I'll head to the processing plant after the livestream."
Chen Yi finished speaking and turned to look at Xia Keke. "Keke, after the livestream, you need to put our turbofan engines on the shelves as soon as possible."
At the Yi Yi Flying Store.
Qin Xiaoyu was mainly responsible for Chen Yi's assistant work, helping to handle various offline matters, contacting suppliers, processing plants, shipping, and so on.
Xia Keke was responsible for the online store's operations, customer service, etc.
In addition to this, Chen Yi also had a small workshop factory responsible for producing some simple model aircraft accessories.
As for the cashier, Qin Xiaoyu handled small amounts, while Chen Yi handled large amounts.
Chen Yi entrusted the company's financial clearing and settlement to a third-party firm.
"No problem. The copy for the engines, keywords for searches, and so on are all ready. I'll add some photos and screenshots later. It'll be online in three minutes."
Xia Keke asked curiously, "But boss, are our turbofan model aircraft really that amazing? Can they really fly up to fifty thousand meters?"
Beside her, Qin Xiaoyu also looked over curiously.
Although they knew Chen Yi wouldn't make claims he wasn't sure about, a model aircraft that could fly directly to fifty thousand meters, even with a turbofan engine, was beyond their imagination.
"You'll know soon enough."
Chen Yi glanced at the park's location, then turned the steering wheel, parking the car steadily in a roadside parking spot.
"President Chen, hello. We're the tracking team from Hurricane Photography."
As soon as Chen Yi and the others got out of the car, three young people also got out of a BYD Song parked nearby, greeting them enthusiastically.
"Hello."
Chen Yi shook hands with the three of them one by one, then pointed to a platform in front where they had conducted a test flight last night. "Our livestream location is on the platform around the corner ahead. Where will you be setting up your equipment?"
"We'll find two spots around here for stable signal transmission."
"During filming, what aspects will require our assistance?"
"When President Chen needs to control the drone's direction, ascent, or descent, just give us a heads-up signal in advance. We can handle the rest."
The young man wearing glasses at the front stated the areas where they would need assistance.
"No problem with that. I'll trouble you all later. Let's get the equipment set up and connect the signals first."
Chen Yi took his laptop out of the car, opened the trunk, and gestured for Qin Xiaoyu and the other to come help move the equipment.
"Brother Yi, why are the people from Hurricane Photography here?"
Qin Xiaoyu carried an antenna down, looking at the Hurricane crew with some curiosity.
"To track and film the model aircraft and assist with our livestream."
Chen Yi explained, "The model aircraft will be flying into the stratosphere and the ozone layer later, and our current filming equipment and technology won't be able to keep up."
At this moment, the three people from Hurricane were also taking out several large cases from their trunk, unpacking lenses, lens barrels, tripods, gyroscopes, servo motors, and so on.
In the hands of the two, these accessories were quickly assembled into two thick, long space photography telescopes, resembling Italian heavy cannons.
With two photography telescopes and two camera positions for tracking, it ensured that if one lost track, the other could still catch up in time.
After assembling the telescopes, the Hurricane crew began configuring the network gateway and router.
A few minutes later, the footage from the space photography telescopes was successfully connected to Chen Yi's computer and set up as an external livestream camera.
"President Chen, it's ready."
After repeatedly confirming that the signal and filming were without issues, the Hurricane captain gave Chen Yi an OK gesture.
"Good."
Chen Yi opened the baffle, which served as both a case and a stand, and initiated the avionics system self-check.
A few seconds later, all modules completed their self-checks.
The model drone successfully connected to the avionics flight control platform.
"Keke."
After waiting a while, it was three in the afternoon.
Chen Yi instructed Xia Keke, "Open the livestream room!"
"Yes, boss!"
Xia Keke opened the livestreams on various platforms.
"Here it comes! Here it comes!"
"I'm here to watch the content creator brag!"
"A turbofan model aircraft going straight up to fifty thousand meters, sounds exciting just hearing about it!"
"Watching the drama unfold online, looking forward to how the streamer explains this away!"
As soon as the livestream started, comments began flooding the chat.
These were fans and viewers who had seen Chen Yi's preview and were waiting in advance. As the livestream began, more and more netizens and viewers started to enter the room.
Chen Yi watched the rapidly increasing popularity and, with a thought, the system's consciousness wave value appeared before his eyes.
"Consciousness Wave: 278↑"
As expected.
The consciousness wave collected by the system is essentially the observer effect of intelligent life.
The collapse of quantum wave functions proves that observation by life has incredible power.
Wheeler's delayed-choice quantum eraser experiment further demonstrates that observation by life possesses power that transcends time and space.
The more intelligent beings observe, the more excited their emotions and consciousness become, and the more consciousness waves the system harvests.
Understanding the source of the consciousness wave, Chen Yi continued his livestream.
"Welcome to the Yi Yi Flying Store's livestream. Today, we won't be playing with ducted fan model aircraft, nor will we be performing aerial stunts with model aircraft.
We will only be testing one thing.
That is, can a turbofan model aircraft actually enter space!"
As he spoke, Chen Yi gestured to rotate the camera, pointing it at the model drone placed on the stand.
"Hiss..."
"Oh my god, does such an ugly model aircraft actually exist in this world?"
"Even the funeral paper airplanes my grandpa made are a thousand times better looking than this?!"
The moment the camera focused on the model drone, the barrage of comments momentarily cleared, then erupted.
Qin Xiaoyu and Xia Keke, who had been busy preparing for the livestream all morning and were seeing the new model aircraft for the first time, as well as the Hurricane Photography team waiting for instructions nearby.
A group of people stared at the model drone, which revealed its true appearance with a pitted exterior and a fuselage covered in distorted marks, giving an immediate sense of physical discomfort.
This model aircraft was so ugly, it had already broken through the heavens.
It could be called hellish aesthetics, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration.
"Although it's a bit ugly...
Today, we're not testing its beauty, but its power.
A real turbofan model aircraft, its beauty doesn't matter, what matters is how strong the engine is and how fiercely it sprays.
And the engine on this drone, I can say without exaggeration, is absolutely the strongest on Earth, no, the strongest in the solar system."
Chen Yi ignored everyone's reaction and panned the camera 360 degrees around the model aircraft.
"What the heck, it's so ugly, it reminds me of the first time I saw Colonel Cat and Penis Cat kissing."
"Those black marks look like they're spinning."
"Just trying to attract attention, deliberately making the drone this ugly, this ancient Sister Feng tactic is long outdated."
"The fuselage looks like ordinary steel alloy, not even titanium alloy. If this thing can reach fifty thousand meters, I'll livestream myself eating five bowls of shit."
Looking at the drone from every angle, the commenters couldn't hold back. Some haters even started to celebrate.
"Brother who's going to eat five bowls of shit, we don't accept freeloaders here."
"Enough talk, we're starting the test flight now. Let's see if it's really this powerful, everyone stay tuned!"
Chen Yi watched the rapidly rising consciousness wave, opened the custom avionics software, and split the livestream screen into two.
One connected to the external camera.
The other shared the interface of the avionics software.
Everything was ready.
The drone's engine ignited.
Chen Yi opened the throttle.
A brilliant blue tail flame shot out.
The powerful engine thrust propelled the model drone upwards from the stand like a dry land pull onion.
The model drone shot up hundreds of meters into the sky. The external camera switched to Hurricane's space photography telescope.
Chen Yi confirmed that Hurricane's tracking shot was normal and shouted, "Take off!"
BOOM!!!
The throttle and accelerator were pushed to the maximum.
The sky exploded with a loud bang, and a strong wind swept across the sky and the earth.
The model drone seemed to blur for a moment in the lens.
White smoke appeared out of nowhere around the model drone.
The next moment, the entire model drone shot up into the sky like an arrow, leaving only a slowly dissipating sonic boom cloud in its wake.
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