save the bachelors

Chapter 4243 [On Board]

Olaf and Sven were stunned to see this scene, 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 lot of Chinese people went abroad, some even gave up their families and jobs.

They gambled two tickets on the Titanic, which was equivalent to gambling their own future.

Olaf found it hard to accept this fate, and knocked Sven to the ground with a punch in frustration.

The two men then started to wrestle with each other.

"We are going to America and we are going to make a fortune!" Fabrizio shouted excitedly.

"No, kid, it's the Titanic going to America." The bar owner pointed at the clock and said, "It will leave in five minutes!"

"Damn it!" Fabrizio was shocked.

Xiang Nan quickly collected the chips on the table, then pulled Fabrizio and rushed towards the Titanic.

They ran all the way, through the crowd of people seeing them off, through the piles of cargo, and finally reached the gangway at the stern of the ship.

They were third-class passengers on G Deck. The Titanic was about to set sail, and the gangways were being retracted.

"Wait, wait, we are passengers~" Xiang Nan shouted and handed the ticket to the ticket inspector.

The ticket inspector looked at the two suspiciously, "Have you done a health check?"

In order to avoid the spread of diseases at that time, third-class passengers had to undergo a health check before boarding the cruise ship, for fear of lice, fleas, and infectious diseases that might infect the upper-class people on the cruise ship.

It is worth mentioning that first-class passengers’ pet dogs do not need to undergo health checks.

"Of course, we don't have lice. We are all authentic Americans," Xiang Nan explained quickly.

Fabrizio wisely kept his mouth shut.

His English also has a strong Italian accent, which can be heard as soon as he opens his mouth.

The ticket inspector heard Xiang Nan's authentic American accent, nodded immediately, and made way for him. "Okay, get on board."

"Thank you." Xiang Nan jumped onto the Titanic in one step, and Fabrizio followed closely behind.

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After boarding the ship, the two rushed all the way to the deck of the third-class cabin.

I saw countless passengers on the deck waving to the people on the dock.

People on the dock also waved and said 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 or friends, and he had only met him recently.

"Of course not, but it doesn't matter." Xiang Nan said with a smile.

In such an atmosphere, it is hard not to wave goodbye.

"That's true." Fabrizio smiled immediately, and then waved his hands to everyone like Xiang Nan did, "Goodbye, I love you, I won't forget you."

At the same time, port staff also untied the Titanic's cables.

With a loud whistle, the Titanic was towed away from the dock by several tugboats. Then the propeller started slowly, and the big ship slowly accelerated and left the port.

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People kept waving goodbye until the ship was far away from the dock and only a line of water remained between the sky and the earth. Only then did everyone leave the deck reluctantly and return to their cabins.

Xiang Nan and Fabrizio also came to their room. They saw that this room was for four people, with an area of ​​about eight square meters, and two bunk beds on the left and right. There was a small table and running water. In fact, although they lived in the third class cabin, it was a far cry from the first and second class cabins. But on the passenger ship of the same period, it was completely the specifications of the first class cabin, so it was not too bad.

Therefore, a third-class ticket on the Titanic cost 7.5 pounds, and at that time one pound could be exchanged for seven grams of gold. So even a third-class ticket was worth one or two ounces of gold, which was really not cheap.

Of course, the price of first-class tickets was even more expensive, with the most expensive one reaching 870 pounds, equivalent to 12.7 jin of gold.

There were already two men in the room.

"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 with a smile, then put down his luggage.

Fabrizio was so cunning that he climbed directly onto the upper bunk.

The two men looked at Xiang Nan and Fabrizio with confusion, "Where are Sven and Olaf?"

They were from the same hometown as Sven and Olaf, and had agreed to go to America together to make a fortune, so they bought tickets to the same room.

I didn’t expect that Xiang Nan and Fabrizio would be the ones to show up in the end. How strange.

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Xiang Nan ignored them and stuffed the winnings, about $20, into Fabrizio's pocket. "I'm going to the deck to smoke a cigarette~"

This time he carried a full ton of gold on his mission, worth about 140,000 pounds, or 670,000 U.S. dollars.

At that time, this was already a huge sum of money.

To maintain a basic standard of living for a family of five, the middle class in the UK only needs an annual income of 100 pounds; to maintain a comfortable life for a family of five, the wealthy class only needs an annual income of 1,000 pounds.

In the United States, a Ford car costs only $700, a washing machine costs only $80, and a vacuum cleaner costs only $20. A two-story villa in downtown New York costs only $6,000...

Therefore, $670,000 is enough for Xiang Nan to live a very rich life. Moreover, his ability to make money is not bad at all. Even if he starts with nothing, he can quickly turn things around.

So he didn't have to worry about money at all, and gave all the money he earned from playing cards to Fabrizio.

Fabrizio didn't take it seriously. He thought Xiang Nan just kept the money with him, so he took the money.

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Xiang Nan returned to the deck and looked out at the sea while 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 hit and Rose's engagement.

Both of these issues are not difficult to solve.

Tiedan Shenhou's Great Shift of the Universe can directly move a small mountain, or even use a palace to smash people. Xiang Nan's skill is not inferior to him, and it is easy for him to move an iceberg.

Besides, he has magic.

Moreover, it was not necessary to move the iceberg to prevent the Titanic from hitting it.

In fact, the iceberg could have been missed if the ship had slowed down a bit.

Or if the Titanic had just hit the iceberg head-on, the entire ship would have been 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 sealed compartment on the bottom layer.

Otherwise, as long as three-fifths of the enclosed compartments were intact, the ship would not sink.

Even if the lookout has a telescope in his hand, he can see the iceberg in advance and slow down and avoid it in time.

However, the telescope was locked in a cabinet, and the second officer who kept the key was not on board. Therefore, when the lookout spotted the iceberg, it was too late to slow down...

A variety of accidents led to the sinking of the Titanic.

This tragedy could have been avoided by changing just one thing.