The entire livestream was in a daze at Meng Hao's sudden change of tune. They clearly remembered Meng Hao had spoken dismissively of Tesst before. Now, why was he suddenly praising the vehicle codenamed Y as a good car? Was Meng Hao truly going back on his word?
Seeing the constant stream of question marks in the chat, Meng Hao smiled indifferently, unfazed. These viewers had been fooled before. The folks who were involved in the cognitive warfare and misinformation campaigns when Meng Hao was detained by the US had caused these viewers to suffer greatly, turning them into gullible fools. Therefore, the viewers had learned their lesson. They were no longer too trusting of those who spread misinformation.
So, even though the chat was flooded with question marks, very few actually voiced their doubts. And even those who did were mostly new accounts with no history. These were clearly low-level troll accounts, brought out by professional trolls to ask questions and then discarded at will.
Meng Hao raised an eyebrow at the questions from these new accounts. He lowered his voice, sounding impatient. Since they had asked, he might as well take the opportunity to explain.
"I did say before that this codenamed Y vehicle is indeed good... in fact, its parameters completely overturn existing new energy vehicles..."
"As for you new accounts, you'll definitely try to stir up trouble, saying I've chickened out, admitted defeat to Tesst, and gone back on my word..."
"But I can tell you responsibly, this model is indeed amazing, but at the same time, I don't take Tesst as a company seriously at all..."
Meng Hao's words, if heard by a normal person in normal circumstances, would sound contradictory. The vehicle model is amazing... this can be understood as the product being truly incredible! But the Tesst company is not worth mentioning in Meng Hao's eyes... A colossal entity worth trillions of US dollars, which converts to tens of thousands of billions of Great Xia currency, and is more than ten times the size of Meng Hao's Huarong Technology, is not taken seriously by Meng Hao. Such a statement implies either Meng Hao is trying to pick a fight with Tesst, deliberately elevating his company's status by looking down on Tesst, or Meng Hao's head has been kicked by a donkey.
But, it was clear that Meng Hao was neither of these possibilities. As a doer who never engaged in empty talk, Meng Hao had always been low-key.
"So, what does that mean?"
"Brother Hao, what exactly do you mean?"
Finally, some viewers couldn't resist asking the question that was on their minds.
"The meaning is very simple!"
"This vehicle model was designed by me, not independently developed by Tesst's CEO, Marshall, as he claimed..."
"Of course, given that they are a US company and seem to be under pressure from the US high command, it's quite understandable that they would say such shameless things..."
The codenamed Y was developed by Meng Hao? Instantly, it stirred up a thousand waves. Although many had heard rumors that this vehicle was developed by Meng Hao while he was detained in the US, hearing it directly from Meng Hao's mouth produced a completely different sense of shock.
"Brother Hao, Brother Hao, tell us about the specific parameters of this vehicle model..."
"Brother Hao, Brother Hao, tell us about the technological breakthroughs of this vehicle model..."
"Brother Hao, Brother Hao, do you think new energy vehicles really have a promising future..."
This time, the viewers collectively egged him on. Of course, this cheering was not just to satisfy their curiosity; it also gave Meng Hao an opportunity. As long as Meng Hao could explain the specifics of this vehicle model, it would serve as strong evidence for his previous claim that the vehicle was his creation.
Meng Hao was somewhat touched by the viewers' warm enthusiasm. He had initially intended to slap Tesst with facts. However, given the viewers' repeated inquiries, he chose to explain a little more.
"Actually, this vehicle model was something I put together in a hurry..."
"As you know, my main focus at the time was on developing the Dangui submarine to return to Great Xia..."
"Moreover, the parts and raw materials I could obtain were extremely limited, so this car, at best, is a semi-finished product..."
My goodness. Meng Hao was making quite a bold statement. If it weren't for their curiosity about how Meng Hao would explain the specific parameters of this vehicle, those trolls would have already launched a verbal attack. Even as trolls, they were still human and possessed strong curiosity. Furthermore, this vehicle model was released by Tesst, claiming it would change the world. Now, Meng Hao claimed it was a semi-finished product. If Meng Hao wasn't making such a bold statement, then he must be bragging. However, under the watch of nearly a million viewers, Meng Hao wouldn't openly brag; that would be a waste of his reputation.
Meng Hao calmly began to explain his previous remarks.
"First, regarding the fully intelligent driving mentioned by Tesst company."
"This situation might indeed exist."
"After all, Marshall has launched nearly two thousand small satellites into space. Thanks to the global positioning provided by these satellites, it is theoretically possible to achieve fully automatic driving..."
"However, when designing the automatic driving module of the vehicle, I did not adapt to the Western Starlink, but directly adapted to our Great Xia's Beidou navigation system..."
"Therefore, Tesst company must modify the vehicle's software and hardware to make the vehicle's navigation module, from hardware to software, compatible with the Starlink system..."
Meng Hao paused. He calmly picked up his teacup and took a sip.
"But..."
"To modify and upgrade the vehicle designed by me... it's not that I look down on him, Marshall, and Tesst... it's simply impossible."
"Firstly, the underlying code logic adapted for the automatic driving navigation module is not as simple as installing a navigation software; it requires re-parsing the code. They might be able to audit the code I wrote to meet their so-called safety standards... but to rewrite it is completely impossible..."
"As for the hardware... they can't even change my software code, let alone modify the hardware. This is simply a pipe dream..."
Meng Hao's face was filled with disdain... full of disdain for Tesst and Marshall!