Chapter 147: Strike Turmoil
"Looks like you're much smarter than he is. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Liu Minghao raised his eyebrows and smiled at Shi Wen, "Although backbone is very important, without life, everything is empty talk." ”
Olaf gasped a few times and glared angrily at Liu Minghao, while Shi Wen showed a wry smile, "Don't go around in circles, let's talk about your conditions." ”
Liu Minghao didn't provoke further, took out a folded white paper from his pocket, put it on the table, and carefully paid attention to the reactions of the two.
Shi Wen glanced at Liu Minghao suspiciously, picked up the paper and unfolded it, on which was a portrait of a young man who was quite a painting of God.
"What is this?" Sven and Olaf looked at each other, puzzled.
The two obviously don't know the actor, Liu Minghao is expected, the portrait was drawn by him before leaving the tavern, one was given to Les, asking him to help find someone, and the other was worn on his body, which was prepared for the two in front of him.
"Jack Townson." Liu Minghao put his right hand on the table and knocked lightly on the table, "Remember his appearance, this is your task." ”
Shi Wen's eyes widened slightly, his face showed a look of horror, and he couldn't help but raise his voice slightly, "You want us to kill someone?" No, we won't do it. ”
"Murder? It's just the two of you. Liu Minghao let out a sneer, leaned over slightly and pointed to the portrait that Shi Wen was holding in his hand, "My request is very simple, you will wait for him to appear in the tavern early tomorrow morning, and then find a way to lose the ticket to him and his companions before sailing." ”
"It can't be. We simply can't do that. Olaf couldn't help but widen his eyes and said angrily, "Now as soon as we show up, we will be dealt with immediately." ”
"That's not a problem. By tomorrow morning, Rice will keep you safe. Liu Minghao glanced at Olaf and took out the two tickets he had won and pushed them in front of the two, "As long as Jack Townsend and his companions board the ship successfully, he will send you out safely." ”
Sven's eyes were glued to the ticket, which was originally the dream of him and Olaf, but now it has come to naught, he was silent for a long time, and looked up at Liu Minghao, "How can I believe that you can keep your promise?" ”
Liu Minghao smiled and spread his hands, "You have no choice. I'm not asking for your cooperation, I'm giving you a chance to live. ”
Sven took a deep breath, silently glanced at Olaf and nodded heavily.
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The sky was slightly bright, the stars were still twinkling in the sky, and the prelude to a busy day had begun on the docks.
Liu Minghao pushed open the door, breathed in the slightly cold sea breeze of the early morning, walked out of the alley quickly, and walked towards the port.
As soon as he stepped on the dock, Liu Minghao noticed something unusual, there was less bustle and hustle in the air, and there was an inexplicable tension, and the sailors and dock workers who shuttled back and forth seemed to have a layer of gloom on their faces, looking at each other, exchanging eyes that only they could understand, and some people gathered together to whisper.
Several sailors hurriedly walked over, and the moment he passed by, he heard the words "labor tide" and coal, Liu Minghao frowned slightly, and a bad premonition faintly rose in his heart.
Today is April 10, 2014, the day when the Titanic set sail, although a lot of real information is hidden in the movie, but in fact, the first journey of the Titanic has been full of twists and turns, and various accidents have emerged one after another, as if it is an early warning issued by God, especially the strike of the coal workers in Southampton, which makes the date of the Titanic's sailing continue to be delayed.
The powerful power of the Titanic, 159 coal furnaces from the bottom warehouse, requires an extremely considerable amount of coal reserves to promote this behemoth, in the Middle Ages that relied on steam power, without coal, all machinery was difficult to move an inch, and finally the international shipping company had to scavenge all the coal reserves on its cruise ships, so that the Titanic set sail as scheduled.
But the timing has clearly changed, and according to historical records, the strike should have been resolved yesterday, not on the day of the voyage, which had just begun.
"Hey. Hanold. You're late. Les was talking to a few people, and when he saw Liu Minghao walking towards the gate bypassing the piled goods, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to greet him.
Liu Minghao raised his head, and there was a sturdy sailor standing next to Rice, who had a dark complexion, abrupt eyebrow bones, and abrupt calluses on his hands.
"That's what you're talking about?" The man turned his face and spit out the tobacco chewing in his mouth, his tone was unabashedly critical, Liu Minghao looked clearly a down-and-out sailor, it was hard to believe that he was the only master in Rice's mouth, "I heard that the guy you found from Liverpool ran away, you don't want to fool around, just find someone to stuff me up." ”
"How is that possible?" Les's face was full of smiles, and a flash of disdain flashed in his eyes very quickly, but the guy in front of him was Hawke's old fellow, although he was only a vulgar second-class sailor, but he was very valued by Hawke, and he was always on the wrong side of him, "Yesterday he won the two of Olaf." ”
"Olaf?" The muscles of the man's cheeks twitched slightly, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes, as if he had thought of something, and said in a deep voice, "Hmph, let me meet that guy again, I must blow his nose." ”
As he spoke, Liu Minghao had already stepped closer, and the man was still frowning, but his face was much more relaxed, and he stretched out his hand to him, "Kurt." ”
Liu Minghao is also looking at the man in front of him, the agreement he reached with Rice, follow Kurt on the ship as a sailor, there is only one task, that is, to follow his arrangement and continue to participate in the card game, nothing else has to worry about, it sounds very simple, but there is obviously another hidden story behind it, Liu Minghao tried to set Rice's words, Rice knew very limited, he and Kurt were like the lowest-level chess pieces, just obeying orders, only knowing that they needed to approach someone with a card game, and they couldn't get in touch with the real insider.
"Hannold." Liu Minghao reached out to hold Kurt's rough palm, and as soon as the two touched, Kurt grabbed his hand and clenched it hard.
Liu Minghao raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Kurt quietly, and clasped the other party's palm with greater strength.
Kurt's face changed slightly, he had been a sailor for more than ten years, and he was extremely confident in his strength, he wanted to give Liu Minghao a dismount, but he didn't expect that this unattractive guy in front of him was hidden deeply, and even had a strength far beyond himself, but he felt as if his hand was grabbed by iron tongs, and he was powerless to break free.