1044. Forward gifts (5/5)
Schroeder showed a photo where a small steamer was quietly staying in the corner of the harbor.
The ship looks only ten meters long, with a simple shape, a vicissitudes of wood, full of the atmosphere of the times. Compared with the surrounding ships, a large chimney was erected in the middle of the ship, so that although it is not big, it has a feeling of being ahead of the crowd.
Looking at the photos, Wang Bo asked, "Is this a steamship?"
Schroeder smiled and nodded, "Yes, Mr. Mayor, it is the White Horse, a steam engine ship that once served in the Dovero Tourism Group. You know, Dovero Tourism Group went bankrupt at the beginning of this year, and their assets were auctioned by the bank, and this ship is in our hands."
Wang Bo understood why Ryan and the other four said that this ship was suitable for Sunset Town, because the ship was originally used to serve tourism companies and had good performance. If it was allowed to come to Harvey Lake, it would be a ready-made tourism project.
There are only some yachts, kayaks and small wooden boats on Lake Haweiya, and this steam engine boat tourism model is still blank.
"After I came to Sunset Town, I saw that your town has developed very quickly and well, but it seems that it lacks a little historical background. I think it would be better if there was the White Horse in the Palang," Schroeder said.
The steam engine ship is indeed very historical. In 1763, Jofry built the world's earliest steam ship "Poroscafe", but after 30 minutes of sailing, the steam boiler on the ship exploded.
The real solution to marine steam engines was James Watt, who invented the twin-cylinder steam engine in 1765. In 1768, he cooperated with Matthew Bolton, the boss of the Birmingham Turbine Factory in the UK, to develop a special purpose steam engine for ship propulsion. This is the Bolton-Watt engine commonly used on early steam engines in the world. The ship used a steam engine and a steam engine appeared.
In this way, although the first steam engine performed poorly, it contained great potential. After the genius Watt invented the steam engine, the industrial revolution on the ship broke out.
By the 19th century, all oceans were dominated by steam engines and ships. Since then, sailing ships have entered ship museums or become competitive projects.
However, due to the large volume, small power and low efficiency of steam engines, steam engines and steam turbines have been gradually eliminated. The commonly used power devices of modern ships are internal combustion engines and steam turbines.
Seeing this steam engine ship, Wang Bo became interested and asked: "Is there any problem with the navigation ability and safety of this ship?"
Schroeder nodded and said, "Absolutely no problem. Actually, this was first photographed by a friend of mine. I thought of this after watching the sunset band singing the night before yesterday, so I bought it on behalf of our company."
"The album of "The Songs" is so simple to produce, especially MV, we need to re-production. There is no doubt that the ship is very harmonious with the main body of the album."
Wang Bo nodded and said, "You want Ryan and the others to film the scene on the ship, right?"
"Yes."
"But, this way, you won't just send them a steamer, right? How much does this steamer cost? At least millions, right?" Wang Bo asked in confusion.
Schroeder smiled and said, "No, it doesn't need to be so expensive to buy a new ship. Besides, it's a collateral for auction assets. My friend won it for 120,000 yuan, and then I bought it for 125,000 yuan."
"So cheap?" Wang Bo said in surprise, "Then does your friend's company have such a ship?"
Schroeder shrugged and said, "Of course, there were four boats parked there when I bought them. I don't think he would sell them in a day or two."
Lao Wang suddenly became interested: "That's good, why don't you help me contact your friends, I can take over these steamers if he is interested in selling them."
Schroeder was stunned and said, "Mr. Mayor, are you serious?"
Of course, Lao Wang was serious. He thought that this ship was a good tourism project and could further develop the resources of Haweiya Lake.
Schroeder called and quickly replied to him: "If you are willing to buy the remaining four ships in a package, you can give him a total of 600,000 yuan."
The price is acceptable and it is OK, but he has to check the conditions and status of these ships, at least they have to be able to sail to have a purchase value.
The two of them talked about the steam engine ship below. Wang Bo wanted to know more exact information. Reddy and the other four were staring at the two people who were talking fiercely there. Finally, one of them couldn't help but scream: "It's not such a leader, we are the protagonists!"
Wang Bo scratched his head as if he was right: "Yes, yes, but hasn't your matter been resolved? Congratulations on joining Act Records. Sunset Town will always be your hometown. Whenever you want to come back, the town will open the door to you."
Ryan said: "We will come back often, and staying in the town is the most comfortable. We are going to make a lot of money. We have a newly built villa for us..."
"I'm wrong, there are four sets." Tutu corrected, "the four sets of adjacent ones."
Wang Bo waved his hand and laughed: "No problem, four villas are sold to you internal prices."
The sales of the villa is really good. Before it was released, it was just being promoted, and more than ten sets have been ordered.
Before leaving, Lancaster booked a villa and even gave a deposit.
Wang Bo treated Schroder and other Act record company employees to a big meal and let them taste the delicious ingredients produced by Sunset Ranch.
Schroeder wiped the oil from the corner of his mouth and exclaimed: "No wonder the Sunset Cattle and Sunset Sheep are so expensive. It's really worth the money. I decided that my children will eat Sunset Beef in the future."
Ryan and the other two did not leave Sunset Town so quickly, and there were still many things to hand over. After all, they were the ones who managed the Flame Mountain Bar for a long time, and Wang Bode found someone to hand over the work with them.
Schroeder got the answer he wanted, so he returned to Wellington first. He could go back soon because Wang Bo took him with a helicopter.
Under Schroeder's guidance, the helicopter landed in the Wellington Harbor clearing, and a burly man with red hair was waiting for them, the owner of the steamship, Rodette Preton.
After a simple greeting between the two sides, Rodt took them to the corner of the harbor, where small ships were docked.
Five steam engines docked together, they were about the same size, but their styles were different, with different colors, white, bronze, brown and black.
Chapter completed!