Section 73

At this very moment... everyone was frantically hitting F5 to refresh!

With bloodshot eyes... they stared fixedly at the little yellow cart... just waiting for that instant when the "new arrival" icon appeared.

There were only 1,000 pre-sale slots in total...

If you managed to snag one, you made a profit.

This was the most advanced mecha in the world. What man wouldn't want one?

Before today... perhaps every guy's biggest dream was a GTR, a Ferrari, a Lamborghini, or a Land Cruiser...

But! After today!

Every man in the world had only one biggest dream! And that was—

The mecha produced by Fuqiang Agricultural Machinery Factory!

...

Finally, the long-awaited moment arrived!

With a "Ding—" notification...

A red "1" suddenly appeared on the little yellow cart icon in the bottom right corner of Lin Xian's livestream...

New stock was up!

"Grab it! I have to get one this time!"

"Please! Leave one mecha for me! My roommate is dying... being able to pilot a mecha is his greatest wish in this life!"

"Brothers, don't be so fast! 600,000 is not a small number! Please consume rationally... consume rationally!"

"????? What the hell, how is it gone in an instant!? Hey, hey, hey! Just how many people are fighting for the mecha?"

"Are you all surfing the internet using King Crimson? Why does my gigabit fiber connection... show 'sold out' the moment I click it!?"

This pre-sale...

Although the number of items had increased to 1,000.

But...

The speed at which they sold out was not much different from when the prototype was sold!

It really was: fast hands get it, slow hands miss out!

In fact...

Even Lin Xian himself didn't expect the flash sale to be so fast!

He just felt...

He had just clicked the "List" button with his mouse...

And then ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding————endless notification sounds!

Then... the words "Sold Out" appeared on the screen!

"I didn't expect... the mecha's sales to be this good!"

Lin Xian thought to himself:

"With such a star product to pave the way... Fuqiang Agricultural Machinery Factory will definitely be revitalized very soon!"

Lin Xian opened his transaction backend.

He discovered... the balance inside had increased several times over in an instant!

Ones... tens... hundreds... thousands... ten-thousands...

Countless zeros...

A full [600 million]!

"Hiss... what a huge sum of money!"

One mecha was priced at 600,000... with 1,000 units in total, the total sales volume was naturally 600 million.

Deducting the cost of 200,000 per unit...

In just a few seconds of pre-sale time... Lin Xian had directly reaped [400 million].

For the near-bankrupt Fuqiang Agricultural Machinery Factory...

This was truly a successful start!

However...

This money couldn't be touched for the time being.

Lin Xian was a man of principle!

Since it was a pre-sale product... the transaction could only be considered officially complete after the products were produced and delivered.

Before that...

This was just a pre-payment that couldn't be used for other purposes...

"Let it sit there for now... it's not going anywhere anyway."

"The reconstruction of Fuqiang Agricultural Machinery Factory is overseen by the state... there definitely won't be any issues with quality or the schedule."

"I believe that in less than two months... the production line for these 1,000 Agricultural Mecha... can officially start!"

...

Lin Xian turned his gaze back to the livestream screen...

And found that the vast majority of people were complaining that it was snatched up too quickly... it sold out before they saw anything!

But there was nothing he could do about that...

He didn't know the exact production capacity of his Fuqiang Agricultural Machinery Factory, so Lin Xian didn't dare to open up too many pre-sales.

As for those who didn't manage to grab a pre-sale... they would just have to wait for the official mass-produced units to be released later.

At the same time...

At the United Nations conference site...

General Mike, who had been biding his time, finally waited for the moment when the 1,000 pre-sale mecha were snatched up!

He was certain...

He would even swear on his own soul—

That the vast majority of these 1,000 pre-sale mecha... had been snatched up by the Dragon Country's military institutions.

This was beyond doubt!

If this happened in the United States... he would definitely have the US military do the same thing!

And it was precisely because of this...

That General Mike was convinced...

As long as these purchasing accounts were listed... he would definitely be able to find many official accounts of the Dragon Country's military among them.

By then...

The Dragon Country wouldn't be able to wash itself clean! They would be forced to admit the fact that the [Rice-transplanting Agricultural Mecha] was military hardware!

And once they admitted it was military hardware...

The next step would be to force the Dragon Country to admit that the [Pest Control Laser Diffusion Drone] was a weapon of mass destruction!

With this combo...

Not only would the Dragon Country be punished, but Lin Xian, who manufactured weapons of mass destruction, would be sent to a military tribunal; at the same time... the United States would once again stand at the pinnacle of the world.

A perfect tactic.

General Mike shook his head happily... as if he had already seen the scene in his imagination!

"Mr. Council President."

General Mike turned his head and looked at the United Nations Council President on the podium:

"I am now raising a challenge—"

"I suspect! The Dragon Country is using the pretext of selling agricultural machinery... to secretly transfer military hardware to military units."

"If you don't believe me... we can ask the United Nations technical staff... to extract all the accounts that just purchased the pre-sale [Rice-transplanting Agricultural Mecha]!"