Qiao Heng got the right to supply rivets for three cruise ships, strictly speaking, this order is larger than the one that built the Titanic's hull.

The elder Hawkley, who was far away in Pittsburgh, was stunned when he received this order that day. Then he quickly convened a meeting of various departments, contacted the parts manufacturing and processing base attached to the steel plant, and took out some of the tasks in this list, and assigned them to other small processing factories in the local area, after all, the parts processing base under the name of Hawkley alone could not accomplish such a huge task.

Nathan Hawkley wondered why Carr repeatedly emphasized in his telegram that when delegating tasks, it was important to choose a vendor with no bad record of passing off fake times.

In any case, he, as a father, is happy to cooperate with him, anyway, it is just a little more effort in selecting a partner to work with, and by the way, he is just a little more checked when inspecting the goods.

It took nearly three years for the Titanic to be built first among the three cruise ships.

The port where the Titanic is moored is full of people, whether they buy tickets or not, people are curious about this unprecedented huge cruise ship and want to see it.

Tickets were snapped up less than two days after they were issued.

At the same time, several bars and hotels near the port were filled with guests overnight.

Rose, persuaded by Mrs. Bookett, has been in a relationship with Carl Hawkley.

She boarded the Titanic with him to the United States, where they would have a wedding in Philadelphia, USA, where five hundred guests would arrive.

But the upcoming wedding didn't bring her the slightest joy, and after three years of being with him, she knew too well what kind of person he was.

He was not the empty-minded upper-class person she was accustomed to, but on the contrary, he was very knowledgeable and talented, and he was arguably the most well-informed of all the people she had come into contact with.

However, even with a different layer of civilization, what was inside him was no different from the people she had seen before. The same utilitarian, the same rigidity, the same vanity, he did not become nobler than others because of the breath of art.

Yes, she loathed him, she hated these pretentious high-class people.

Qiao Heng said to Mrs. Bookett, "Rose doesn't seem to be in a good mood lately?"

Of course, he was a euphemism. In fact, since Rose boarded the Titanic, her face has not been happy. This made him wonder for a moment if he was sleepwalking at night, holding a knife around her neck and forcing her to get on the Titanic.

Mrs. Bookett shook her feather fan in embarrassment, "Don't mind, she's never been on a cruise ship before, and she's a little uncomfortable." ”

Qiao Heng instructed his assistant, "Go to my room and get a few seasickness pills for Rose." By the way, I have a book written by Sigmund Freud in my suitcase, so I can send it to her in one piece. ”

Mrs. Bookett laughed, "Rose has a childish temper, and it is really troublesome for Mr. Hawkley to bear it a lot. ”

"Madame is gracious. ”

Rose, who was watching the wind on the deck, was a little annoyed after receiving the seasickness medicine, "I don't need this. ”

When she glanced at the book handed over by Qiao Heng's assistant again, her face was a little happy, "Great, did he bring it? Thank you Carl for me." ”

After the assistant leaves, Rose suddenly remembers that Carl didn't like to read Freud's books, and that she had visited his study, which didn't have a single Freud book, and rarely discussed it with anyone. Obviously, the book was deliberately brought on a cruise ship by him in order to cater to her.

The joy in her heart was reduced a little, she did not like such a speculative and hypocritical approach.

Of course, what Rose didn't know was that Qiao Heng didn't like to read Freud's books, so he didn't put his books in the study, but because he was too familiar, so he didn't do it. As early as once upon a time, he had recorded every word and sentence in his book in his mind.

No one knows how many books on psychology and psychiatry he had in his head, and Freud's book was just one of them.

During the dinner, Rose had no intention of talking to anyone about Floyd, but not many people talked to her. Their topic is never separated from politics and business, as if this is the only thing in their lives.

She pursed her lips, and in a trance, she seemed to feel that the whole first class, all the people were like false puppets, they were intoxicated with false dreams woven by themselves, and she was the only one who was helplessly awake, wanting to scream but hopeless.

Qiao Heng saw Rose running out, he didn't run out, but directly asked the bodyguard to see her in case of an accident.

He doesn't have the energy to take care of a little girl's awkward love now, and now he is counting the time all the time in case something happens to the Titanic.

Later scientists studied that the sinking of the Titanic was related to inferior rivets made of slag, so he simply won the right to supply rivets at the beginning.

In addition, there are two other people in the movie who are closely related to the accident.

One is Mr. Ismay, the owner of the cruise ship, who instigates the speed of the cruise ship, and the other is the captain who ignores the warning signals of the glacier.

And, of course, there's another key item that both history and movies mention: telescopes. Due to the lack of a guide telescope for some reason, the crew could only observe the sea surface with the naked eye, which undoubtedly indirectly contributed to the sinking of the Titanic to the bottom of the sea.

If these coincidences don't happen again, Qiao Heng will never believe that the Titanic will sink.

Qiao Heng was not interested in dancing, so he found a seat next to the violin orchestra and sat down.

After a while, the bodyguard sent by Qiao Heng to take care of Rose returned.

The bodyguard bent down and whispered in his ear: "Miss Bookett slipped under her feet and almost fell from the boat into the sea, but was saved by a gentleman in the third class. ”

"The gentleman who rescued Rose is called Jack, right?"

The bodyguard replied, "His name is Jack Dawson, a third-rate painter. ”

"Thank you for me, since he likes to draw, I will prepare another set of painting tools for him. ”

Qiao Heng didn't care much about this, even though he knew that this Jack Dawson was the actor who had an immortal love with Rose for a long time.

At this time, the violinist in the orchestra played the last end note and bowed to the guests.

Qiao Heng applauded him with everyone.

The bodyguard retreated in due time.

……

Mr. Ismay, the owner of the Titanic, was drunk at the dinner, he touched his beard and drank another glass of wine comfortably.

"Mr. Ismay, this ship is so beautiful!" said the noble lady of some family, complimenting him in his ear.

Ismay said proudly, "She's beautiful, but she's not the designer I, you see, he's there." ”

Ismay dealt with the aristocratic lady, wondering whether the Titanic could make the headlines of major newspapers again.

By the time he walked out of the banquet hall, his body had begun to feel a little unstable.

He walked around a corner and seemed to see someone in front of him waving to him and calling his name. Ismay didn't realize for a moment that an old friend was calling him, and he hurriedly stepped forward and took a few steps.

Immediately afterward, he felt a pain in his neck and fell into darkness.

Two sturdy men put him in a sack, carried him to a certain room, threw him in, and locked the door.

It was noisy all night, and the next day people generally got up late.

The sun had already risen, but there weren't many guests on deck.

Qiao Heng stood behind the railing, the humid sea breeze coming in his face, with a strange fishy sweetness.

The old man had little sleep, and an old man in a suit and leather shoes who got up for a walk greeted him with a smile, and his wife took his arm and smiled the same.

Qiao Heng is no stranger to them, the Strausses, one of the founders of Macy's in the United States.

After the old couple walked away, Qiao Heng suddenly heard a splashing sound in his ears, and when he looked back, he saw a dolphin jumping high from the water.

Faintly, he seemed to hear a familiar female voice.

"It was Mr. and Mrs. Strauss, who ran a department store in the United States. Rose introduced to Jack beside her.

He is vibrant, humorous, brave, kind, and compassionate. She looked at him and felt that she had found in him the truth she had always dreamed of.

Jack exclaimed, "You know so many people, but I don't remember any of the names you mentioned." ”

He glanced around the deck, and finally his eyes fell on a man in a suit standing in front of the railing more than ten meters away, with his back to them. He pointed at him and asked, "You don't know all the guests in the upper class, do you know who he is?"

Although he didn't know who this person was, even if Rose made up a random name to lie to him, he wouldn't know if it was true or not.

Rose glanced at Jack proudly, followed the direction of his finger, and when she saw who the man was, her face froze suddenly, and she introduced dryly, "Hawkley, he is Carl Hawkley." ”

Qiao Heng recognized the identity of the female voice, and when he heard the other party spit out his name, he turned around, and the intimate figures of the two came into his eyes, he turned his gaze to Rose, and said calmly: "Good morning, Rose." ”