Coin-style Electromagnetic Rifle!

The future was beautiful, but reality was harsh.

After thinking it over, Lin Feng realized there was no way he could suddenly create an Arc Reactor powered by Cold Fusion or a Super Soldier Serum.

People simply did not know him, nor would they believe he had the capability to create such super Black Technology products. Naturally, they would not acknowledge his products and provide him with experience points.

However, as he pondered, Lin Feng also found a roundabout solution: building an image and shaping public opinion.

As long as he successfully established himself as a super genius, then with a track record of developing numerous Black Technology products, some half-true, half-false data, and massive traffic support, it might be possible to turn fiction into reality!

"Looks like I need to develop a product with a grand Black Technology concept. Then, with my track record of independently inventing the Handwriting Robot, I can spend money on traffic and have people hype me up. After that, the image of a scientific genius should be established.

Once I have the image of a scientific genius, everything afterward will be much easier."

A flash of realization crossed Lin Feng's eyes as he began racking his brains, considering what product had a lofty Black Technology concept while being relatively easy to develop and not requiring too much research funding.

Very quickly, Lin Feng's eyes lit up.

He had thought of a Black Technology product with tremendous hype potential: the Coin-style Electromagnetic Rifle!

This thing had caused a sensation throughout Great Xia's tech circles in 2023. It was eye-catching and full of gimmicks.

The Coin-style Electromagnetic Rifle had initially been a toy independently developed by the owner of Dianxia Technology in a Beijing startup park. He had even uploaded test videos of the toy to YouTube.

However, he had been patient enough to spend several years developing the Coin-style Electromagnetic Rifle, eventually creating the Second-generation Coin-style Electromagnetic Rifle, which performed quite well in all respects.

The Second-generation Coin-style Electromagnetic Rifle had two different paths. One was the domestic CS/LW21 Coin-style Electromagnetic Rifle, which appeared at the 2022 Zhuhai Airshow. The other was the CA-09 Coin-style Electromagnetic Rifle, manufactured and distributed by a company within the American Empire.

The reason there were two versions was that electromagnetic rifles were definitely illegal and noncompliant.

Even if there was no specific law stating that this thing was illegal, it was undeniably countless times more dangerous to people than air guns or water-bead guns.

Therefore, it naturally could not be sold domestically. Otherwise, prison would have been the final destination for Dianxia Technology's owner.

Yet Dianxia Technology, as a small company, lacked both weapons export qualifications and overseas sales channels, so it could only cooperate with an overseas company.

Unfortunately, they chose the wrong partner: an American Empire company. With manufacturing and sales both taking place in the American Empire, the production cost and retail price simply could not be reduced.

Not only was its power weak, but aside from a top speed of 2,400 rounds per minute, there was nothing else about it worth noting.

Coupled with its hefty price tag of 1,600 US dollars, all those disadvantages directly sentenced the Second-generation Coin-style Electromagnetic Rifle to death.

Helplessly, Dianxia Technology, having failed to make much money from its partnership with the American Empire company, could only seek another way out. In the end, they set their sights on Great Xia Armaments Industry, the military-industrial giant.

After another two years, Dianxia Technology finally succeeded in latching onto a powerful backer. At the 2022 Zhuhai Airshow, the Second-generation Coin-style Electromagnetic Rifle they had designed finally became official.

From then on, it formally carried the name CS/LW21 Electromagnetic Rifle and could be sold both domestically and abroad, though the weapon itself was not manufactured by them.

And now, Lin Feng had undoubtedly set his sights on this thing. First, it looked like a lofty Black Technology product with plenty of hype potential. In reality, it was not too difficult to develop and did not require much funding.

In the original history, it had merely been a toy developed by Dianxia Technology's owner himself. No one had expected that, after a series of twists and turns, his toy would achieve such remarkable results and cause a nationwide sensation in 2023.

If one person could make it, there was no reason Lin Feng could not.

Of course, based on complaints from netizens in his previous life, as well as their analysis of why the overseas version of the Second-generation Coin-style Electromagnetic Rifle had sold so poorly—

This time, Lin Feng decided to create a more powerful Coin-style Electromagnetic Rifle, addressing its most criticized flaw and making it more appealing.

After all, in its original form, the lowest setting had only 5.3 joules of kinetic energy, while even the highest setting had only 16 joules.

Forget killing someone. At maximum power, it could only cause minor abrasions and bruises to an unarmored target within ten meters. It would have been strange if people overseas had wanted to buy it.

However, the kinetic energy could not be designed too high either. In terms of power, it definitely could not compare to a proper rifle.

If its power were truly designed to rival that of a rifle, then the electromagnetic rifle would become far too large and heavy.

Furthermore, if the damage was too great, it would lose its purpose as a riot-control weapon and no longer fit the market positioning of such a weapon.

Therefore, its power could be raised slightly, while its attack range could be increased from ten meters to fifteen meters, reaching a preliminary level of practicality.

A distance of fifteen meters was equivalent to four sedans lined up end to end. If an enemy armed with a knife or club wanted to attack you—

They would still need some time to rush over. At that point, you could calmly use the electromagnetic rifle to knock them down. From the perspective of subduing someone with a riot-control weapon, fifteen meters was completely sufficient.

However, exactly how to achieve an attack range of fifteen meters would require research, design, and experiments.

Having made his decision, Lin Feng immediately began the preliminary planning work for developing the Coin-style Electromagnetic Rifle.

As for factory production management, that naturally fell to his father, Lin Guohua. Managing a dozen or so workers was not difficult.

As for advertising and marketing, there was not much to do. The promotional video they had released earlier was already enough. They only needed to inspect the products, package them, and ship them out once they passed quality checks.

The newly upgraded Second-generation Pen Master Handwriting Robot, however, would need another promotional video filmed, and the workers would need to be taught how to produce it.

In addition, he needed to find a suitable motherboard manufacturer to produce integrated new motherboards on contract.

Once both the first and second generations used the new motherboards, labor costs would drop substantially and profits would rise. By then, the profit per unit would likely reach around 275 yuan.

As for the price of the Second-generation Pen Master Handwriting Robot, Lin Feng decided to set it at 699 yuan.

Although it was 200 yuan more expensive, it had so many more functions and wrote more accurately. Consumers should be willing to pay an extra 200 yuan.

Time flew by, and just like that, a month passed.

During that time, the rapidly rising Pen Master Handwriting Robot, a brand-new product, drew the attention of many people.

It also caused many companies to turn their attention toward Xingtu Technology and the Handwriting Robot itself.

According to the information they had obtained, Xingtu Technology had sold more than two thousand Handwriting Robots in just one month, earning a net profit of no less than 700,000 yuan.

A net profit of 700,000 yuan was not much in the eyes of many famous large companies, but it was enough to tempt many mediocre electronics companies.

After all, that was only one month. There were twelve months in a year, and annual profits would approach ten million yuan. Who could ignore such profits?

Furthermore, after learning that this so-called Xingtu Technology was merely a township enterprise—

Their contempt and jealousy only grew stronger. So, after conducting some market research, they all decided to enter the market.

Leading the pack was none other than Xianke Electronics EAST, which claimed it wanted to do everything, stick its hand into every industry, and even make ultra-niche products like automotive light bulbs.

Xianke Electronics was, after all, a well-known old brand. It had once appeared in CCTV advertisements, and its slogan, "Xianke Super VCD," remained a memory for many people to this day.

Unfortunately, it suffered from the problem of trying to do everything and excelling at nothing. Not only had this attempt to do everything failed to make it stronger—

It had instead faced multiple bankruptcies and restructurings, steadily declining as brands it had once looked down on, such as Midea, Chigo, and Aux, surpassed it one after another.

By now, although it was involved in many businesses, the competitiveness of all its product lines was at the low end. It was essentially a large electronics company that sold a mishmash of everything.

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