Chapter 4243 4245【Getting on the ship】
Olaf and Sven were shocked to see this scene, and their regrets were beyond words.
At that time, being able to go to the United States was a sign of getting rich.
Just like in the early years of reform and opening up, a large number of Chinese people went abroad, even giving up their families and jobs.
They gambled on two tickets for the Titanic, which was equivalent to gambling away their future.
Olaf couldn't accept this fate, so he punched Sven to the ground in frustration.
The two immediately struggled together.
"We are going to the United States and we are going to make a fortune!" Fabrizio still shouted excitedly.
"No, kid, the Titanic is going to the United States." The bar owner pointed at the clock and said, "It will leave in five minutes!"
"Damn it!" Fabrizio was shocked.
Xiang Nan quickly put away the chips on the table, then pulled Fabrizio and rushed towards the Titanic.
They rushed all the way, passing through the crowd seeing off, passing through the piled goods, and finally came to the gangway at the stern of the ship.
They were third class passengers, located on G Deck. At this time, the Titanic was about to set sail, and the gangways began to be retracted.
"Wait, wait, we are passengers~" Xiang Nan shouted, handing the ticket to the ticket inspector.
The ticket inspector looked at the two of them suspiciously, "Have you ever had a health check-up?"
At that time, in order to avoid spreading diseases, third-class passengers had to undergo a health check before boarding the cruise ship to worry about any lice, fleas, and infectious diseases that might infect the upper class passengers on the cruise ship.
It is worth mentioning that pet dogs of first-class passengers do not need to undergo health examinations.
"Of course, we don't have lice on our bodies, we are all authentic Americans." Xiang Nan explained quickly.
Fabrizio wisely shut his mouth.
His English also has a strong Italian accent, which can be heard as soon as he speaks.
The ticket inspector heard Xiang Nan's authentic American accent, nodded immediately, and gave way to the hatch, "Okay, let's get on the boat."
"Thank you." Xiang Nan jumped onto the Titanic in one step, followed closely by Fabrizio.
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After boarding the ship, the two rushed all the way to the third-class deck.
I saw countless passengers on the deck, waving to the people on the pier.
People on the dock also waved frequently to say goodbye to their relatives and friends.
"Goodbye, bye!" Xiang Nan also waved to them.
"Is there anyone you know here?" Fabrizio asked doubtfully.
He knew that Xiang Nan was a wanderer with no relatives and only met him recently.
"Of course not, but what does that matter?" Xiang Nan smiled.
In such an atmosphere, it's hard not to wave goodbye.
"That's right." Fabrizio smiled immediately, and then followed Xiang Nan's example, waving his hands to everyone, "Goodbye, I love you, and I will never forget you."
At the same time, port workers also untied the Titanic's cables.
With a loud whistle, the Titanic was towed away from the dock by several tugboats. Then the propellers slowly started, and the ship also slowly accelerated and left the port.
People kept waving goodbye until the ship was far away from the dock and there was only a waterline between the sky and the earth. Everyone left the deck and returned to the cabin.
Xiang Nan and Fabrizio also came to their room and saw that the room was for four people, with an area of about eight square meters, and two bunk beds on the left and right. There is a small table and running water. In fact, although they lived in third class, it was quite different from first class and second class. But on a passenger ship of the same period, it was completely first class, so it was not too bad.
Therefore, a third-class ticket on the Titanic also cost 7.5 pounds, and at that time, one pound could be exchanged for seven grams of gold. So even a third-class ticket is worth one tael of gold, which is really not cheap.
Of course, first-class tickets are even more expensive, with the most expensive ticket reaching eight hundred and seventy pounds, which is equivalent to twelve pounds and seventy taels of gold.
There were already two men in the room at this time.
"Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Jack, Jack Dawson, and this is my friend Fabrizio. Nice to meet you." Xiang Nan greeted the two of them with a smile, and then put down his luggage.
Fabrizio, being a thief, climbed directly onto the upper bunk.
The two men looked at Xiang Nan and Fabrizio with puzzled faces, "Where are Sven and Olaf?"
They were from the same hometown as Sven and Olaf, and they had agreed to go to the United States to make a fortune together, so they bought tickets for the same room.
Unexpectedly, it was Xiang Nan and Fabrizio who came in the end, which was really strange.
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Xiang Nan ignored them and gave all the money he won, worth about twenty dollars, to Fabrizio, "I'll go have a cigarette on the deck~"
On this mission, he brought with him a ton of gold worth about 140,000 pounds and 670,000 US dollars.
At the time, this was already a huge sum of money.
The middle class in the UK only need an annual income of one hundred pounds to support a family of five; the wealthy class only need an annual income of one thousand pounds to support a family of five.
In the United States, a Ford car only costs $700, a washing machine only costs $80, and a vacuum cleaner costs only $20. A two-story house in downtown New York for just $6,000…
Therefore, US$670,000 is enough for Xiang Nan to live a very prosperous life. What's more, his ability to make money is not bad at all. Even if he starts with nothing, he can turn around quickly.
So he didn't have to worry about money at all, so he gave all the money he earned from playing cards to Fabrizio.
Fabrizio didn't take it seriously, thinking that Xiang Nan just kept the money with him, so he kept the money.
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Xiang Nan returned to the deck, looking at the sea and thinking about things.
For him, Jack's task was not difficult to accomplish.
The biggest obstacles for Jack and Rose are the iceberg they are about to collide with and Rose's engagement.
And both of these things are not difficult to solve.
Tiedan Shenhou's great movement of the universe can directly move a hill, and even use a palace to smash people. Xiang Nan's skill is not inferior to him, and it is easy to lift an iceberg.
Besides, he has magic.
Moreover, to prevent the Titanic from hitting an iceberg, it was not necessary to move the iceberg.
In fact, as long as the ship slows down a little, the iceberg can be missed.
Or as long as the Titanic hits an iceberg head-on, the entire ship can be prevented from sinking.
Because the Titanic made an evasive action, the side of the ship collided with the iceberg and broke, causing a large amount of water to enter the bottom sealed compartment.
Otherwise, as long as three-fifths of the airtight compartments are intact, the ship will not sink.
Even as long as the lookout has a telescope, he can see the iceberg in advance and slow down in time to avoid it.
It’s just that the telescope was locked in the cabinet at the time, and the second mate who kept the key was not on the ship. Therefore, when the lookout spotted the iceberg, it was too late to slow down...
Various accidents led to the sinking of the Titanic.
But with just one change, this tragedy can be avoided.