Village chief, your township enterprise sells laser cannons?

Chapter 31 Old Man's Joy!

In the electronics factory warehouse, Lin Yongqiang stood by the control panel, holding blueprints in both hands, one eye fixed on the young man beside him:

"Xiao Jun, slow down. What you're holding is the control circuit board for this laser head. If you solder it wrong, it will cause big trouble."

Beside him, Mo Jun held the capacitor to be soldered in his left hand and the soldering gun in his right. He shoved the capacitor onto the circuit board with his left hand and immediately followed up with the soldering gun in his right.

With both hands working together, the capacitors were precisely soldered onto the circuit board.

Lin Yongqiang was terrified by Mo Jun's clumsy movements. Just as he was about to speak, Mo Jun picked up a few more inductors with his left hand, glanced at the blueprints unfolded on his phone, and once again precisely soldered the capacitors in his hand onto the circuit board.

After finishing soldering these inductors, he turned off the soldering oven, grabbed the in-circuit tester, and tested all the inductors and capacitors he had just soldered by touching the probes of the in-circuit tester to the motherboard.

All approved!

When the last green light on the detector lit up, Lin Yongqiang, who had been watching from the side, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He then raised his left hand and gently patted Mo Jun's shoulder.

"Xiao Jun, you're amazing! In just a few days, you've gone from knowing nothing to being a pro."

"To be honest, if you had been born a few decades earlier and come to North Korea with us, Mojiatan might have one more general now."

Upon being suddenly praised, Mo Jun's face instantly turned from white to red. He scratched his head with his right hand, bent down, and responded with a face full of embarrassment:

"Grandpa Lin, you've made me blush with all your praise. Before I came here, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to handle it, but I didn't expect it to be so easy to use."

"Don't be afraid, you really are a genius." Lin Yongqiang praised again, and then gently patted Mo Jun's shoulder. "You continue with your work, I won't bother you here anymore, I'll go take a look at the others."

After giving Mo Jun his instructions, Lin Yongqiang turned and walked towards the other group of people, who were of all ages and busy working on the parts in their hands.

The young people were quick and nimble, while the elderly were shaky, but they both installed the parts with perfect accuracy.

Very efficient!

Lin Yongqiang was very satisfied. After watching for a while, he turned around and walked to the other side, preparing to assemble some parts himself.

The moment he sat down, hurried footsteps came from outside, followed immediately by Lin Man's voice echoing throughout the warehouse:

"I have some good news to share: our newly established company has successfully registered for the Guangzhou Military-Civilian Dual-Use Technology and Equipment Exhibition on July 21st."

"If our products can be exhibited at the trade show, it will greatly help us establish our reputation."

"So everyone might have to work overtime to get this done."

The sound echoed in his ears, and Lin Yongqiang only heard one word—"Jun!"

He stood up from his seat, turned and walked towards Lin Man. "Xiao Man, you just said that the exhibition we're going to attend... um... has military applications, right?"

"Yes!" Lin Man nodded vigorously, then took out his phone, searched for videos of last year's dual-use technology and equipment exhibition, and placed the videos in front of Lin Yongqiang.

After the video had been playing for a while, the old men next to the worktable also came over and started chatting amongst themselves while watching the video.

"Look at this vehicle, look at its sharp edges, how cool it is! I think we can't use tricycles to transport things, we should get this too."

"Look at this little missile. It's so small, yet it can blow up an armored vehicle. It's a pity we can't make this. Otherwise, we could make one. I have a little bit of an idea that's not quite there yet."

"I think we could modify this into a tank!"

"You want to modify tanks again? Last time you modified anti-aircraft guns, the police were in a mess. You want to modify tanks? Aren't you afraid the police will shoot you?"

"We can build a recreational vehicle for the elderly! We'll weld a frame out of steel pipes, paint it to look like a tank, and then a few of us can sit inside. Who would dare say a word?"

"But can you build tanks?"

"No! But Xiaoman can! It's just drawing a diagram; once he draws it, we can build it!"

In the blink of an eye, a group of old men turned to look at Lin Man. Under their eager gazes, Lin Man could only take a laptop and start building a model, while the old men stood by, pointing and giving instructions.

"I think the car door should be made like a tank's!"

"The door is on the side!"

"I don't think this cannon is imposing enough. The cannon in the cartoon my grandson watches is much more imposing. What's its name? Gundam."

"Should this be painted?"

"It definitely needs painting..."

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Time flew by and it was July 18th. Early in the morning, Wang Ju, who was waiting to pick up her car outside the exhibition venue, was overjoyed to see a tow truck pulling up in front of her, carrying an old man's car.

Or rather, it's like an old man's favorite tank!

Upon seeing this thing, Wang Ju felt a prickling sensation all over her body, as if countless ants were crawling on her.

It's called an "old man's car," but it's actually shaped like a tank, with the lower half being the vehicle body and a turret on top.

Directly in front of the turret is a cannon barrel that extends forward. The shape of this cannon barrel vaguely reminded Wang Ju of the mecha anime he watched when he was a child.

The welding skills were, to put it mildly, questionable...

On top of the turret is a rotating radar.

As for the color of this car...

That's a story too complicated to explain in a few words.

The entire vehicle was painted in green, gray, and black from top to bottom. Judging from the pattern, the designer clearly referenced jungle camouflage. Unfortunately, the paint was subpar, and the painting process was even worse, making the thing look exceptionally ugly.

Despite being called a tank, this thing exudes the vibe of an old man's electric vehicle.

The car has a very smooth shape, with round headlights, round taillights, slightly round doors, and slightly round windows.

It has an electric license plate on the front and back, just like the old man's car.

What's most unsettling is the four 16-inch wheels under the car; they're so small that the car's undercarriage almost touches the ground.

I can't hold it in, I can't hold it in at all.

Wang Ju held her head in her hands, used her arms to rub her hair from front to back, and then began to look around.

Noticing Lin Man in the van behind the trailer, and the old men next to her, he quickly ran over, pulled Lin Man aside, and asked in a low, gritting voice:

"How...how did you manage to create something like this?"

Hearing his question, Lin Man pressed his right hand to his head, looking as if he were in excruciating pain.

"I told a few old men about your good news, and they said that tricycles aren't imposing enough; they don't give off that weapon-like feeling when people look at them."

"We need to make something imposing!"

"And that's how you ended up with what you see."

"They're all in their eighties or nineties, living one day at a time. They might suddenly pass away any day now, so I can't very well refuse them."

"And then this came about, to be honest..."

"It really is quite ugly!" Lin Man gave his final assessment, and Wang Ju followed suit, turning her gaze to Lin Yongqiang and the others beside her. Seeing the old men's gleeful expressions, she rolled her eyes, then turned back to Lin Man and said:

"It's alright, we'll just have a few of the old men step forward. By the way, can you guarantee the performance of the laser cannon?"