Chapter 157: Skilled Workers
"You mean when the iceberg appeared?" Speaking of the voyage, Liu Minghao obviously thought of the same problem, according to the plot, the Titanic left Southampton at 12 noon on April 10, but now because of the intervention of the night snow, the departure time has been greatly delayed, which may have a huge impact on the main plot. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In this season, it is the period when the ocean current is most active, the icebergs on the route are frequent, the situation is changing rapidly, a delay of a few minutes, maybe the iceberg will be staggered, or it may encounter the iceberg in advance, in the plot, there are also captains who received the iceberg warning signal of the Nurdan, but did not pay attention to him, which is obviously unpredictable for them at this time.
"Even if the timing changes, it should not have a critical impact on our mission." Liu Minghao had considered this issue before.
As long as Captain Smith was not tempted by Ismay's advocacy, he was hot-headed and rushed to full speed with a fluke mentality, wanting to use this world-renowned voyage as a curtain call for his career, and found that the iceberg also had a chance to avoid it in advance, so the focus of their mission was to be able to control the speed, in other words, the suggestions put forward could influence Smith's decision, and the tragedy should be avoided.
"And I think the sinking of the Titanic may not be a simple accident." Liu Minghao put the newspaper in his hand on the table, "Those so-called conspiracy theories are not groundless, after all, there are too many accidents and coincidences in this, and any point taken out is enough to deduce a conspiracy theory." At least I can be sure that the people who hired me don't want to see this voyage succeed, they don't want to see the White Star Company win a big victory, and take advantage of the Titanic's east wind to become the overlord of the Atlantic route, and we can also use this opportunity in turn to get close to Captain Smith, as long as we gain his trust, it is not too difficult to prevent the tragedy from happening. ”
When Liu Minghao and Ye Xue were discussing the plan of action, in the first-class restaurant, Ye Song sat by the window and quietly looked at the two people who were talking in front of him.
Sitting across from him was a middle-aged man with a thin face, a mustache, and a very arrogant demeanor, who was none other than Bruce Ismay, the chairman of the White Star Company.
Beside him, sat a tall, good-looking young man, this person is called Yorick, with a bulging camera bag at his feet, claiming to be a reporter from the New York Daily News, and Ye Song is his assistant, the two of them are specially aboard the Titanic to experience the maiden voyage, to write a report for this huge passenger ship that shocked the world.
"She's a miracle of God." Yorick's words hit the itch, and Ismay's originally arrogant expression immediately eased, and after learning the purpose of the two, he generously expressed his willingness to accept their interview.
"She's the biggest means of transportation ever, and it's the most luxurious cruise ship, there's no one." Ismail said proudly, "With the most advanced engines and the fastest speeds, it will be a miracle in the history of navigation." ”
"I heard that the construction of this ship was your idea." Yorick said in an exclamatory tone, "You are such a person of insight and depth. However, as far as I know, the voyage is expected to be eleven days, which is a full day slower than the one in Mauritania. ”
The smile on Isme's face was slightly unpleasant.
As if he didn't notice the change in his mood, Yorick took the pen and wrote hard in the notebook in his hand, and continued, "This will inevitably make people feel unworthy of the name, when I decided to achieve this ship and feel the journey of the century, I heard a lot of doubts, such as the Titanic is only a little different in terms of luxury, but in other aspects it is far inferior to several other ocean liners, both speed and technology have great shortcomings." ”
"How could there be such a comment?" Ismay frowned slightly, and an offensive look appeared in her eyes, "These are all nonsense, all her performance is the most advanced and perfect, so far, there is no one who can compare to him." ”
"Of course, we agree with you on this point." Yorick seemed to realize that his words were inappropriate, and showed a slightly embarrassed smile, "Before boarding the ship, I also made a bet with a few colleagues that the Titanic would definitely arrive in New York as soon as possible, and her maiden voyage would definitely be a journey that shocked the world." ”
"However, I don't think it's going to be very fast, and I've heard that the boilers on the ship are only less than half used, and the engine can't be used at full power." Yorick raised his eyebrows slightly, and said tentatively, "Captain Smith is very experienced, but he lacks some courage, if you can convince him to speed up, once the ship arrives in New York ahead of schedule, it will be very good publicity for you and the White Star Company, this kind of opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it would be a pity to miss it in vain." ”
Ismay leaned forward slightly, took a sip of the coffee cup in front of him, Yorick took out a document, put it on the table, and said in a slightly low voice, "Actually, I have already written a newsletter with this content, if you have time, you might as well read it, and you will understand what I mean." ”
Ismay's gaze swept over the papers, her eyes widened slightly, her brows furrowed slightly, and an unfathomable look appeared on her face, trying her best to suppress the faint mood swings in her eyes.
Ye Song has been sitting silently on the side, at this time seeing Ismay's expression, he couldn't help sneering slightly, the press release that Yorick took out was his masterpiece, because he was familiar with the plot, Isme was a person who was very happy, and the press release was written completely according to his preferences, which linked the success of the Titanic with the White Star Company and him personally, which would definitely move him, so he didn't have to worry if he didn't take the initiative to convince Captain Smith.
"We still have an appointment, so I won't bother you, I'll come later, I hope to have the opportunity to hear your opinion." Yorick leaned in slightly, tapped on the manuscript on the table with his right hand, nodded at Ye Song, and the two got up and left the restaurant.
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Liu Minghao and Ye Xue roughly clarified the plan, left her cabin, threw her coat on a bench on the deck, and returned to the cabin located in the third class.
Pushing open the door, in the originally empty cabin, a maintenance worker with a tool bag hanging on his waist turned his back to the door, and when he heard the voice, he looked back and looked at Liu Minghao, and it was the maintenance worker Celt.