We Can't Make It

Chu Feng ignored everyone's astonishment and turned the Origin Mobile in his hand. The virtual phone turned along with it.

"This is the new first-generation Origin Mobile!"

As Chu Feng explained, everyone's attention returned to today's star—the Origin Mobile.

You never knew until you looked, and once you looked, you were shocked. The phone they had not paid much attention to before was actually this unique?

Bezelless, full screen! Now this was a full screen! Apple's notch was trash, and it dared call itself full screen?

How was this done? Could glass and metal fuse together perfectly? How did they do it? Please explain.

Not just you. Even I, a materials science graduate student, am completely baffled.

Didn't anyone notice that this phone didn't even have a charging port? How was it charged?

Yeah, there wasn't even a data cable port. Did that mean data couldn't be transferred?

Questions came one after another, and Chu Feng satisfied everyone's curiosity by giving a detailed explanation of the phone's features and usage.

"Everyone has experienced fingerprint unlocking failing all the time, right?"

Chu Feng played coy as he spoke with a faint smile.

Chu Feng had complained about phone fingerprint unlocking before too. If his fingers were a little wet or sweaty, it would not unlock. Especially in places with water vapor, like a sauna, it simply could not be unlocked at all.

Exactly! My hands sweat easily, so I have to wipe them every time before unlocking. It's such a pain!

Can't be helped. That's just how capacitive screens are.

Can the Origin Mobile solve that?

Chu Feng did not keep them guessing. He directly placed the phone into a cup of water on the table, then took it out again, showing everyone that the Origin Mobile was waterproof.

He pressed the power button. A circle of blue starlight spun beneath the screen, looking dreamlike and ethereal.

He lightly pressed it with a wet finger. With a soft click, he received the tactile feedback of a mechanical button press.

The interface appeared in his hand, and discussions broke out across the venue.

"To prevent anyone from saying that just anyone can unlock it, let's invite our fairy sister, Liu Xuefei, to give it a try."

Chu Feng invited Liu Xuefei to attempt an unlock.

When Liu Xuefei's small hand pressed against Chu Feng's Origin Mobile, a red indicator appeared: unlock failed. Chu Feng tried again, and the green indicator showed a successful unlock!

How did they do that?

This seemingly minor issue had always been something everyone complained about. But since everyone dealt with it, there had been nothing much to say. Now that the Origin Mobile had solved it, how could they not be curious?

Everyone had had enough. You could not unlock it on rainy days, after washing your hands, while bathing, or even after applying hand cream. Countless inconveniences had brought nothing but endless resentment and helplessness. Now the Origin Mobile had solved such an awkward problem—how could people not be interested?

Apple's fingerprint-unlocking technology was world-class. If even Apple was like this, there was no need to mention other phones.

Chu Feng casually mentioned ultrasonic fingerprint unlocking.

Actually, many people knew about this. Someone had proposed the idea long ago.

The fingerprint scanning module inside the Origin Mobile used ultrasonic fingerprint recognition. With its excellent penetrative ability, ultrasound worked much like a medical scan, passing through liquid and reflecting off the dermis layer of the finger. It was therefore unaffected, and its security was greatly enhanced, eliminating risks such as fingerprint films and molds.

Even applying a screen protector would not affect fingerprint recognition performance. It looked far better than leaving a hole in a tempered-glass protector for an Apple phone.

It was only because everyone else was too incompetent. Their hardware simply could not keep up, making it impossible to integrate such a component into today's increasingly thin phones.

As for the Wireless Charging feature, it drove everyone completely wild.

Wired charging had always been a constant hassle. A charging cable that was too long tangled easily, while one that was too short could not reach. Frequent plugging and unplugging also wore down charging ports, and damaged phone ports were a headache. On top of that, charging cables always broke, forcing people to spend quite a bit on replacements.

When wireless charging finally appeared, it had been criticized from the very beginning. It was nothing but a gimmick! If it was called wireless charging, then what was that base underneath?

It was just a useless product. The phone had to stay pressed against it to charge, and it was much slower than wired charging. It was not practical at all.

But the Origin Mobile had no charging base in sight and began charging directly. It was incredibly fast too—after only half a minute, the battery had gone from 98% to fully charged.

The entire venue erupted...

Am I blind? What did I just see? True wireless charging!

How did they do it? My new phone can only move a few millimeters away from its charging base, and it's slow as hell!

This was definitely black tech!

With the Origin Mobile around, how am I supposed to use any other phone? They all feel so low-end now.

Is your wallet ready? Once the phone launches, I have to buy one.

Let the rich people test the waters first...

As though that was not shocking enough, Chu Feng demonstrated another amusing little feature.

"Everyone has been wondering what colors the Origin Mobile comes in, right?"

As soon as Chu Feng said this, many people agreed. The live chat was also flooded with comments.

Exactly! For someone like me with decision paralysis, choosing a brand and then a color every time I buy a phone is enough to drive me crazy.

What's so different about this phone? Even the same color comes in different shades. Are they going to make every color?

But Chu Feng is only holding a silver-gray one, right? We haven't seen any others.

I don't get it... Stop keeping us in suspense!

"No more suspense. The phone has an interesting adjustment called the Color Shift setting."

As though he had heard everyone's complaints, Chu Feng proceeded to demonstrate the special setting.

As Chu Feng moved his hand, the enormous virtual phone slowly began to change as well. A spectrum bar appeared in the settings, and as Chu Feng slowly dragged his finger across it, the silver-gray back of the phone gradually changed color.

Holy crap, what am I seeing? The back of the phone is changing color! Is this phone a display on both sides?

Didn't the introduction just say that the back was made from a special alloy material?

Can an alloy change color? What kind of principle is that?

Mom asked why I was watching the livestream on my knees...

Emmm, did they really have to go this far? Buying one is the same as buying every color!

A passionate red today, a melancholy black tomorrow. I'm a firework unlike any other...

Someone please explain. Can one of you experts explain? I feel like I've fallen behind the times...

A simple color-changing rear shell set both the venue and the livestream into a frenzy. In the past, Apple phones had sold different colors at higher prices simply because people chased after them, drawing endless criticism. Today, the Origin Mobile let everyone use whatever color they wanted. How could they not look forward to it?

However, the Origin Mobile had displayed too much black tech today, leaving people dazzled. Many mobile industry giants seated below the stage stared intently. They were frightened in hindsight, but also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The Origin Mobile's pricing was clearly aimed at the mid-to-high-end market, so it would not affect them too much. Then, looking at the Samsung and Apple representatives seated nearby, they wore knowing smiles. Who the Origin Mobile was targeting was obvious without saying.

Still, they were conflicted. Any one of the features shown here would have been a flagship gimmick on their own phones, yet the Origin Mobile had simply rolled them all out at once.

"Next, you can see the black boxes in front of you, right? These are the first-generation Origin Mobiles being given today to the one thousand invited guests present!"

Chu Feng's words prompted gasps throughout the venue. At an Origin Mobile price of 6,888, giving away one thousand phones meant giving away 6.88 million.

"Deep pockets," "big sucker"... all kinds of labels were pinned on him.

Chu Feng seemed to be taking a loss, but when the numbers were carefully calculated, he had not actually paid much at all.

Why were electronic products sold so expensively? Was manufacturing really that costly? Just look at those assembly-line phones and you would know.

It was because new electronic products inevitably involved breakthroughs in materials, new functional components, design, technology, and manufacturing processes. Those were the results of research and development supported by funding. At the same time, the newly used components and parts had higher procurement costs, and there were no competing products of the same kind on the market. Therefore, in order to recoup development costs quickly and earn the greatest possible profit, they were priced high when first introduced to the market. This was also how major companies earned huge profits while leading "consumer trends."

And electronic products had short life cycles. Take the once wildly popular and expensive Apple 5 from a few years ago. Now it did not even cost half as much, and production had already stopped. Its value depreciated quickly.

Did Chu Feng need development costs? Everything was ready-made. With the Fully Automatic Assembly Platform, he only needed raw materials. Well, and a few minutes for the intelligent brain to set the program...

A real tycoon needs no explanation. I'm so jealous of the people at the venue—they got them for free!

That was like giving away several luxury cars just like that...

Does this rich guy need a leg accessory?

Hubby is so rich...

Shameless person above, Chu Feng is mine...

The comments have gone off-topic again...

The launch event had reached its final moments. The black boxes in front of everyone slowly opened, revealing the packaging inside.

The silver packaging box looked highly futuristic. After they pressed the Origin logo, the box slowly opened, and at last, everyone held the miraculous Origin Mobile in their hands.

It felt substantial in the hand. The matte alloy material on the back was slightly cool, while the Origin emblem reflected different light. Yet when fingers gently brushed over it, they could not feel the slightest unevenness, leaving everyone clicking their tongues in amazement.

Everyone curiously played with their phones, while the professional phone experts brought by those CEOs carefully examined the Origin Mobile, not overlooking a single detail. Yet the more they looked, the more miraculous it seemed—and the more discouraged they became. They were all deeply curious about how these things had been made, let alone those who knew nothing about them.

Many people attending the launch event were also secretly making calls, reporting the launch event's contents to their headquarters. Their headquarters were also discussing whether they could "borrow from" the Origin Mobile's design.

But the result was discouraging. After discussion, the company researchers unanimously concluded, "We can't make it!"

Guaranteed minimum of 3,000 released.