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Sparrow learned that bicycles can be divided into men's, women's, off-road, heavy-duty, recreational, and bicycles that can be ridden by two or three people. The sea boy has a natural advantage in controlling the balance, and it only took Mr. Captain ten minutes to master the essentials of riding a bicycle. After a few laps in the clearing, he had nothing left to hesitate about. At the same time, he also noticed that the black object on the wheels was rubber, and then linked to the wheels of the car, Mr. Captain thought that he knew the secret of the smooth driving of the Chinese vehicle.

After some careful consideration and some hard bargaining, the two sides finally completed the first deal. Wu Fusheng did not give an inch in the unit price of the goods, even if Spyro claimed that he would buy a large number of goods in the future, he was not moved, and in the end the captain had to order twenty women's bicycles with a unit price of eighteen pounds and twenty load bicycles with a unit price of twenty-five, and two of each with a unit price of more than forty pounds, which cost more than a thousand pounds at once. But the captain still felt that it was worth the money, and he had made up his mind to go back for twenty-five pounds for eighteen pounds, thirty-five pounds for twenty-five pounds, and sixty-eight pounds for a hundred pounds. As long as you do a good job of publicity, you can definitely make a move. He originally wanted to fight for the franchise, but unfortunately Wu Fusheng didn't like his strength a little, and just excused himself by saying that it needed the approval of the head office. Sparrow also knew that his purchase volume was a little less, but as the first business, he couldn't put all his capital on a single commodity, and he needed to use the hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring back as many kinds of goods as possible. Just now in the showroom, he had seen that the Chinese still had a lot of good things, so this idea could only be abandoned.

After reaching a purchase agreement, Wu Fusheng asked his subordinates to transfer inventory from the warehouse, except for a few high-end goods with complex structures, other large road goods would be loaded into the ship in the form of loose parts, and it was believed that the British could assemble them according to the instructions.

Back in the showroom, Sparrow began to look at the samples on the display table, one by one. He no longer likes stainless steel products and plastic products, and he believes that he can find more profitable goods, and he will find a new target. Dozens of small chronographs were neatly placed on the table, and the style of personal clocks in the nineteenth century was still dominated by pocket watches, so when Spiro saw the style of the watch, he was immediately intrigued by this small timepiece. This small and delicate watch with metal or leather straps at both ends is plausible to a pocket watch, and the dial hands are the same, but it looks like something more, and it is not known what the two straps are for. He asked Wu Fusheng about this, and the latter did not answer his question directly, but raised his left hand. In fact, Mr. Captain had already noticed the metal strap on Wu Fusheng's wrist just now, and when he saw the style of the watch, he immediately guessed that it was a watch worn on the wrist, and now he just asked the owner for verification. "What a brilliant design!" Sparrow exclaimed that the watch was easier to use than a pocket watch, at least to check the time, and reduced the risk of theft. He picked one up from the table, only to find that there were two small squares at the three o'clock of the dial, which contained the number 22 and the three Roman letters Sun, which he did not understand what it meant. But he realized that it was today's date, August 22, 1858, and Sun was referring to Sunday. "It's an amazing invention that it can even display the date and the day of the week."

Wu Fusheng can see from Sparrow's expression that the latter does not have much desire to buy this product, which is also normal, in Sparrow's view, the advantages of watches over pocket watches are not obvious, and these designs are not impossible to imitate. So Wu Fusheng also picked one up from the table and introduced: "In fact, the biggest invention of this kind of watch is not that it can display the date, but that it never needs to be wound. Under the stunned gaze of the two Britons, Wu Fusheng continued: "The full name of this watch is the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust, Rolex is a major brand watch manufacturer in China, and the English name is 'Rolex'. It features a stainless steel version with an 18 ct white gold bezel, in keeping with Rolex's heritage. Crafted from a single block of metal and composed of a solid centre, screw-locked caseback, a climplock-locked crown, and a sapphire crystal surface, its classic Oyster case proves its reliability in extreme environments, whether in the depths of the ocean or at the top of the world. The Oyster case protects the precision mechanical movement designed and manufactured by Rolex and is officially recognized as a chronometer for which an exclusive certificate of recognition is issued. Invented by Rolex, the Perpetual Oscillating Callium converts the slightest movement of the wearer's wrist into the movement's natural energy, ensuring the watch's continuous operation. The Oyster Perpetual Datejust also features a date window on the dial that changes at midnight and a special lobes lens to make the date more visible. As a result, the watch never needs to be wound. ”

Listening to Wu Fusheng's description, the two Englishmen listened to the book of heaven, neither of them was good at machinery, and they couldn't judge whether what Wu Fusheng said was true. Sparrow just intuitively thought that what Wu Fusheng said was true, and the other party had no reason to say such a lie that could be easily exposed. However, Wu Fusheng's surprise was not over, he picked up another watch and introduced: "This one doesn't need to be wound either." This is a quartz watch, in 1850, the plum watch factory in our country discovered how to make quartz into a tuning fork. In the same way that a tuning fork will vibrate according to a certain pattern, when the quartz crystal is subjected to the battery? It also produces regular vibrations when it is affected by electricity. The quartz crystal vibrates up to 32,768 times per second, and we designed a simple circuit to calculate the number of times it vibrates, and when it counts to 32,768 times, the circuit sends a message to move the second hand forward by one second. Because quartz vibrates quite regularly, even a cheap quartz watch will not have an error rate of more than 1 second in a day. ”

1600, England? Physicist Ji Host:1 To Page:2 discovered that not only amber and jet can attract small and light objects when rubbed, but also quite a lot of substances have the property of attracting small and light objects after friction, and he noticed that these substances do not have the properties of magnets after friction. To show the difference from magnetism, he called this property "electrical" using the Greek alphabet of amber, and electricity was born. Although electricity has been developed for more than 100 years, and there are already electrical engineering principles such as batteries and Ampere's theorem and Ohm's theorem, there are still few applications in practical life, and the most common is the telegraph. Wu Fusheng's explanation made the two Britons unconscious, anyway, this kind of watch is a high-tech product. Although Spyro was a little tempted, he did not dare to buy it rashly, mainly because he could not determine the sales prospects of such goods. Wu Fusheng saw his hesitation, so he decided to give him and the second mate a quartz watch, this kind of quartz watch was sold for dozens of yuan in the original time and space, that is, on the stall, and it was just right to give it away, fashionable and affordable. The two Englishmen were so happy that they took the gift and put it on their wrists. At this time, Sparrow thought that there were ten days before the Commissioner of Singapore Customs would hold a banquet to celebrate the silver wedding, and he had also received an invitation, and if he took one as a gift, it would be a face-saving and pleasing to the Commissioner. It was compulsory for a small businessman like himself to tie up with high-ranking officials, and it was a good idea for a person of his stature to wear such a watch to drive the trend in the local area, so as to open up sales. Of course, if it is a governor, the effect is more obvious, but it is a pity that he can't be a big man like that. After making up his mind, he proposed to Wu Fusheng to buy some as gifts, and asked Wu Fusheng to provide some advice.

After asking the recipient of the gift, Wu Fusheng asked someone to send a red box, and then opened it for Sparrow to see. "This is a mechanical couple watch of the Plum brand, and we only charge the cost price, two hundred and sixty-eight pounds." Most of the watches that are sold are domestic, after all, many famous watches in Europe are available at this time, and only Rolex will not appear until the next century, but this brand is now in the Liberation Army.

This price made Sparrow a little painful, but he still understood the truth of "reluctant daughter-in-law can't catch hooligans", and bought the pair of watches with a gritted tooth. The second mate whispered beside him, "What a luxury!" ”

Several of the survivors laughed, and a young staff member said in a slightly contemptuous tone, "It's only a few hundred pounds, which can only be considered a small matter." We have tens of thousands of pounds worth of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of pounds here. That tone was clearly mocking the second mate for being a hillbilly and having no knowledge.

"Unless it's made of diamonds." The second mate was naturally not convinced, and at the same time he did not believe that these Chinese could use diamonds to make such delicate things as watches. Several of the survivors smiled again, and the young man took out a product catalog, opened it and handed it to the second mate, and the picture of the large color copperplate immediately caught the latter's gaze. The photo of the watch on it is much larger than the real thing, and all the details must be revealed, and the second pair even saw a photo of m-in-China on the side of the case. There is also a note in English and Chinese, and the second pair reads softly: "Shanghai Day-Date II Men's Watch, 41 mm, black disc, diamond bars, rose gold, unit price of 57,000 pounds." ”

The price made Sparrow gasp, the first few surprises had only surprised him, and now he was truly frightened. My entire net worth is not enough to buy a watch. It took a long time before he sighed, "This kind of watch is estimated to be only capable of being worn by the royal families of various countries." He didn't even dare to offer to see the real thing. In the end, the captain bought more than 50 quartz watches worth 5~8 pounds, and more than a dozen mechanical watches worth about 20 pounds, so that his capital was spent another thousand pounds.

There were thousands of samples in the showroom, and Sparrow had seen only a small fraction. While Wu Fusheng introduced, he introduced the topic to the living conditions of the British in the colonies, hoping to find business opportunities. When he heard Sparrow complain that the entire Straits Settlements couldn't find a proper band, he brought the latter to a loudspeaker. "It doesn't matter if you don't have a band, you can use this instead." Under the latter's bewildered gaze, he grabbed the crank next to the box connected to the horn, turned it clockwise, and then placed a round plastic sheet on top of the box, and the plastic sheet began to spin. Just when the two Englishmen were inexplicable, a voice came out of the loudspeaker, which began as a hissing murmur, but it became a beautiful melody, and it was loud, like a symphony orchestra playing live. Sparrow has been numbed by the various novel inventions of the Chinese today, and he can already hear it, and the music in the loudspeaker is the famous "German Dance Music", a work by Mozart. If there was such a machine at the ball, it would have made up for the regret of not having a band, and he was already imagining himself dancing with a young lady at the ball.