Forging Firearms

"Alright! Your Uncle Zhang happens to be visiting relatives these few days. I'll ask him to dinner tomorrow. If what you make is useful, I can have Uncle Zhang contact the military for you."

After thinking for a while, his father said this.

The "Uncle Zhang" he mentioned was his classmate who joined the army back then and was now doing quite well, holding a school-level position in Military Headquarters.

His father couldn't offer Chen Mu any help regarding military industry. All he could do was find this old friend.

"Let's make the item now, and tomorrow I'll give it to Uncle Zhang to take back to the military for testing. If this gun is truly useful, we can directly submit it, which will also help us distance ourselves."

"And you, you'll get your coveted silk banner..."

At this point, his father chuckled. In his opinion, he didn't need to worry about any other repercussions. As long as they cooperated with the official arrangements, there wouldn't be any problems. Their family had always abided by the law, so there was nothing else to worry about.

"Fine, anyway, I just need the title of 'genius'!"

Chen Mu nodded and said so.

"..."

After being a "good-for-nothing" for so many years, he was eager to prove himself, wasn't he?

His father remained silent and personally disassembled the design blueprints of various parts, scrambled them, and divided them into ten sections, each loaded onto a USB drive.

"Stay here for a bit. I'm going to get someone to make the parts. Don't mess around!"

His father rolled his eyes and said irritably.

Of course, in his heart, he was still very doubtful. Chen Mu's design might not actually be feasible.

However, the level of detail in the design blueprints truly surprised him, so he had no choice but to believe it.

"No problem, I'll head back first. Also, when you give the item to Uncle Chen tomorrow, don't forget to tell him that the materials in your factory will result in a gun with somewhat lacking power. Only guns made with special alloy steel will have stronger performance."

In simpler terms, he was looking down on the factory's materials.

Although the manufacturing of firearms only required moderately precise machine tools, the material of the gun body was a major issue. The ordinary materials at the factory naturally wouldn't meet the requirements for an improved M4, so the power would inevitably be reduced.

However, after all, it was a firearm optimized by Huaqiangbei. Its power wouldn't be much different from ordinary firearms. Not to mention anything else, even the domestic Type 95 Rifle wasn't necessarily better than it!

"Are you looking down on my factory?"

Upon hearing this, his father's face showed "fury," and he glared with wide eyes.

In reality, the structure of a firearm wasn't that complicated. Compared to electronic products like mobile phones and computers, it was much simpler.

Firearms, excluding some high-tech weapons, were very simple to manufacture. As long as you had a stamping machine, some "older" firearms could be built.

Firearms like the AK series were famous for their simple structure, making them even easier to build.

Of course, the prerequisite for building these weapons was having complete blueprints. With detailed blueprints, manufacturing them wasn't difficult.

A while ago, he heard that there were "3D-Printed Plastic Gun" blueprints circulating online. Some ordinary people could even manufacture a gun using household 3D printers according to these blueprints.

Don't be fooled by the plastic material; it had all the necessary components of a firearm. When loaded with real bullets, its power was not inferior to some other handguns, causing quite a stir abroad.

Fortunately, domestic networks had "Green Dam," and the Great River Crab blocked these things. Only a small number of curious individuals downloaded the blueprints from abroad, so "3D-printed guns" were not widely circulated in China.

This showed that manufacturing firearms wasn't actually too difficult.

Although his father's factory wasn't very large, it had all the necessary equipment, so manufacturing some firearm parts wouldn't be a big problem. The only issue, as Chen Mu mentioned, was the material, which would cause some discrepancies. However, this problem mainly affected the lifespan, weight, and handling feel of the firearm; other aspects were not problematic.

"..."

Chen Mu rolled his eyes and didn't pay too much attention, leaving directly.

His objective had actually been achieved. In the future, he would launch more than just firearms; he would introduce more high-tech weapons. He needed a "suitable" identity, so the identity of a "weapons genius" was indispensable.

His visit to the factory was merely to give his father a heads-up, to avoid startling them in the future.

He didn't want his parents to be unable to accept it when Chen Mu later unveiled things like the "Iron Legion" and "Super Soldier Serum."

As for the "Uncle Zhang" his father mentioned, it was somewhat unexpected. Chen Mu was still struggling with how to connect with the military, but his father had unexpectedly provided him with a pleasant surprise.

However, Uncle Zhang's military rank wasn't very high, so it would take a long time to get results. But for Chen Mu, he had plenty of time.

"Tony hasn't become Iron Man yet. In fact, he was just captured by terrorists three days ago. If I remember correctly, Tony will be held in a cave for a week. This means Tony will only escape in another four days."

Tony would be rescued in four days, and it would take another day to return to the United States. There were still a pile of messy things to deal with. Even if he started researching the Iron Man armor that very evening, it would at least take a few days to manufacture the Mark II, wouldn't it?

During this time, Chen Mu could spend more time analyzing and researching other technologies to improve his technological reserves.

The Huaqiangbei System's analysis and research capabilities were limited to studying and modifying existing items and storing their technologies. Xiao Ai's database already stored quite a lot of technology.

Technologies for mobile phones, computers, televisions, cars, sports cars, and firearms.

Each of these items had a great deal of technology. Any single one of them could be used to get rich. This was also why Chen Mu didn't care who owned the military factory.

Money? With so much technology, did Chen Mu still need to make money by selling arms?

"It's a pity there aren't many technology exhibitions recently, otherwise..."

Otherwise, by attending exhibitions, Chen Mu could have quietly acquired countless technologies!