Chapter 143: Plot Characters
The sun was shining and the strong sea breeze was whistling in his ears, and Liu Minghao stood on the ridge, breathing in the salty sea breeze to his heart's content. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
On the endless sea, the sails shuttle, and during the seagulls flying, a freighter emits the whistle of sailing, and thick black smoke rises from the chimney on the ship, slowly sailing away from the dock along the waterway and blending into the vast world.
At the foot of the mountain, is Liu Minghao's destination this time, Southampton, full of medieval unique wooden buildings, many of which are exquisite and ornate houses, near the port, is a different scene, low and dilapidated wooden houses are crooked and squeezed together, like an old pencil drawing, full of black and gray tones, during which most of the pedestrians are dressed in shabby gray clothes, busy running for a living, hurrying.
Today, however, the town seems to be a little different, with colorful flags flying in many places, and standing on the ridge, you can feel the excitement surging in the air.
Looking slightly, it is easy to see the huge passenger ships standing in the harbor like a mountain, the chaotic docks, full of piles of goods, and the crowds of people, and the noisy shouts, in the harbor, a huge steamer is moored, and there are barges constantly shuttling back and forth with the steamers, transporting goods.
The sun shone on the black hull, reflecting a dazzling light, which was the Titanic, which was claimed to be unsinkable.
Liu Minghao took a deep breath, at this time, this huge passenger ship was not moored at the dock that was about to leave the port, and in the plot, the Titanic set sail in the early morning, although he could not determine the specific departure date, but at least in the period before dawn, he could still make a lot of preparations.
Now he had just escaped from the warehouse where the prisoners were imprisoned, and he was still wearing shabby prison uniforms, unkempt, and his appearance was suspicious at first glance, although those jailers should not have found anyone escaped, and naturally they would not search around, but the first thing at the moment was still to get his own way out
Liu Minghao planned his next move as he walked briskly along the winding mountain road towards the bottom of the mountain.
Quietly sneaking into an uninhabited house, Liu Minghao found iodine wine and some aspirin in the cabinet in the bathroom, tore a clean sheet to use as a bandage, retreated the wound under the ribs, tidied up his appearance, dressed himself as a sailor on the city dock, and came to the port downtown where cheap bars gathered.
Because he didn't know where Yexue was, and there were no clues, Liu Minghao planned to look for the actor Jack Townsend first, and the way to board the Titanic.
The narrow and dirty streets are full of mud, it seems that it has just rained, and the sewage is flowing sideways, but it can't stop people's curiosity about the Titanic, many people are crowded on the dock in groups, stretching their necks to look, and their excited expressions are like children who have got new toys.
Liu Minghao walked along the street closest to the pier, while recalling the location and sign of the bar where Jack Townson won the ferry ticket in the movie, and soon saw the symmetrical pattern painted on the frosted glass on both sides, with the words "wines & pirits" inscription.
Pushing open the false door panel, the crisp sound of the bell on the door was immediately drowned out by the noise of men and women laughing, and the bar was smoky in the well-lit bar, filled with the pungent smell of tobacco, as well as the smell of inferior wine, and everywhere was full of people, shouting loudly, Liu Minghao's appearance did not attract anyone's attention, only the country hostess who walked by with a wine glass looked up and down, and showed a provocative smile at him.
Expressionless through the crowd, Liu Minghao squeezed to the bar, asked for a glass of the cheapest ale, leaned on the empty seat in the corner, sipping the coarse liquid, while silently looking at the drinkers around him.
Early morning is the busiest part of the day at the docks, and at noon there are no steamers to set sail or arrive at port, so sailors and dock workers alike will take a break in the bars to spend a few pennies for a drink.
Yexue knew the plot and should have expected that he would come to find Jack, the common goal of the two, Liu Minghao thought that he might be able to meet, but at this time, it was obvious that the time was wrong, his eyes swept over the faces of the drinkers one by one, and he did not find the expected faces, but after looking around, Liu Minghao saw two familiar faces at a table not far from him.
The four of them were playing cards, and Liu Minghao's position just happened to be able to hear a few people talking, among them, the one with a square forehead was called Olaf, and the other was called Sven with a peaked cap, and it was on the eve of the departure of the boat that the two Russians who lost the ticket to Jack Townson.
Liu Minghao raised his eyebrows slightly, picked up the wine glass and found a position next to the four of them, observing quietly.
"What kind of luck am I?" After a few more rounds, the man sitting across from Sven suddenly cursed fiercely, threw the cards in his hand on the table, and stood up angrily and walked out.
"Hey, I can't afford to lose." Olaf stretched out his hand and didn't stop it, which was very disappointing.
Liu Minghao took the opportunity to come over with a wine glass, sat on the vacant chair, smiled at the three of them, and put a pound on the table, "Don't mind if I join." ”
The gold pound was stolen when he left the warehouse, and a penny is difficult for a hero, although once he gets on the ship, he basically doesn't need to go forward, but if he wants to blend in in the bar, the most direct way is the money offensive.
Olaf and Sven's mobile phones are good, a small profit, originally thought that because the card friends suddenly stopped, there was still some lost emotion, in the sight of the shining golden pounds on the table, immediately bloomed brilliance, naturally will not refuse Liu Minghao's move to send money to the door, immediately began to sort out the cards scattered on the table. By the way, I sat down and introduced myself.
"Hannold." Liu Minghao nodded slightly, casually made up a name, lit a cigarette and washed it fiercely, knocked on the table impatiently, and urged anxiously, "Move faster." How can I look like a girl, shuffling a card is so grinding. "Looks like a gambler with full self-confidence and over-confidence.
Olaf and Owen looked at each other quietly, a trace of mockery flashed in their eyes very quickly, and they immediately regarded Liu Minghao as a fat sheep with a lot of money and stupidity, and secretly sneered in their hearts, and made up their minds to take out the gold pounds in his pocket, so that this idiot could lose as pants.
Liu Minghao pretended not to notice the communication between the two at all, in fact, he carefully observed the game of the four people before, and found that these two people have average skills, but they are indeed very sophisticated Qianke, I really don't know what kind of shit luck Jack has taken, and he can win a ticket from them.