Ma Xiaotong opened her eyes wide and looked at the display screen of the remote control in Han Sen's hand. The five characters "Steel Boiler" were clearly displayed on it, and she was a little confused for a moment.
In the deep sea world two thousand meters underwater, such a large iron block unexpectedly appeared, and it was made in China!
You know, this is the Atlantic Ocean near Newfoundland, located in the Maple Leaf Country, half a world away from China. In such a strange place, a boiler made by China actually appeared!
Ma Xiaotong's scream attracted everyone's attention. Soraka was the first to step forward and take a look. With just one glance, she could not take her eyes away, and there was a trace of shock in her eyes, as if she had discovered something extraordinary. matter.
"The Steel Number, it turned out to be the Iron Number!"
Soraka muttered to herself, a little unbelievable, but the feedback information in her brain told her that this was true!
The discovery of the boiler of the shipwrecked cruise ship Steel a hundred years ago in a world two thousand meters under the sea may seem a bit fanciful.
The white operator did not understand Chinese, but he saw a large iron block on the sandy surface two kilometers under the sea. This obviously exceeded his previous knowledge of this sea area. "I have been to this sea area many times, and it still... I discovered this thing for the first time, what is it?”
Soraka suddenly turned around and said excitedly in English: "This is the protagonist of the world's largest shipwreck, the boiler of the cruise ship Steel!"
After being stunned for a brief moment, the white operator suddenly jumped three feet high, "What the hell? The Steel's boiler?!"
He looked frightened.
Then he looked at Han Sen, his eyes becoming hot for a moment: "We... discovered the boiler of the Steel? God, this will definitely be on the front pages of major media tomorrow!"
"It wasn't us, it was Han Sen. It was Han Sen who discovered the Steel Boiler!"
Director Wang Tianming said solemnly.
But no one cares about this.
Ma Xiaotong looked at the excited Soraka and the white operator and was a little confused: "Is this important?"
"It's very important. Expeditions from all over the world have been looking for the Steel for decades without any clues. Until now, there are still professional salvage teams looking for the wreckage of the Steel. Now that we have discovered the boiler of the Steel in this sea area, Then, it is obvious that there is a cruise ship wreckage on the Steel, and it must be nearby!"
Soraka was also obviously excited: "You Chinese people don't know the special feelings that the Steel has for the people of our entire North American country. It has always been recorded in our history textbooks. Every child born in Europe and the United States has this incident." It’s so familiar that even because of the silence of the Steel, there will be one more shipwreck day in the world!”
The white operator could no longer hold back his excitement and did not say hello to the program crew. After marking the coordinates, he immediately began operating the cockpit to ascend and dive.
Han Sen never expressed any thoughts about this. Although the discovery of the Steel Boiler was accomplished by operating a drone, it was actually too much of a coincidence because he was sleeping when the Steel Boiler was discovered.
The descent speed is slow, but the ascent speed is surprisingly fast.
Only about an hour later, the super submarine reappeared.
At this moment, the general manager of Huazhang Shipping Company, who had already received the message, had already led a group of people to wait at the port. When the "Adventure King" program team came out, the general manager of the shipping company immediately stepped forward and talked with Wang Tianming and Han Sen and others shook hands one by one to express their gratitude, and then they quickly returned to the company to study the video data captured by the drone.
As long as it is confirmed that the big iron block on the seabed is the steel boiler, the shipping company will join the government and immediately send a super submarine to the seabed to excavate this huge cruise ship that has been buried under the sea for nearly a hundred years.
"The discovery of the Steel cruise ship in the first episode is a good sign!"
Wang Tianming was in a very happy mood.
Han Sen looked at the people from Huazhang Shipping Company who were leaving, and asked sideways: "Soraka, is the general manager of Huazhang Shipping Company a Chinese?"
"He is of Chinese descent and has Chinese ancestry."
Soraka explained: "In fact, including the previously discovered Iron and Steel boiler and the Chinese characters marked on it, it is not difficult to find that the composition of Huazhang Shipping Company is inseparable from China. The building of the Iron and Steel at that time was
China devoted its greatest financial resources to support it. Although the most casualties on the Steel were European and American people, there were also many Chinese people who wanted to take the Steel for global tourism and navigation..."
Ma Xiaotong has been very concerned about this matter since he discovered the boiler of the Iron and Steel. As soon as he got ashore and had a network signal, he immediately started searching for related incidents.
At this time, seeing Han Sen chatting with Soraka about this matter, he immediately interjected: "I know this matter. At that time, Huazhang Shipping was not called Huazhang. It was the merger of China Star Shipping and British Articles Shipping.
title."
"At that time, Huaxing Shipping and Wenwen Shipping were both world-class shipbuilding companies."
"Their biggest competitor is actually America's Platinum Shipping Lines."
“With funding from the U.S. government, Platinum Shipping built two of the fastest supertankers at the time, which put great pressure on China Star Shipping and Wen Zhang Shipping. Therefore, China Star Shipping and Wen Zhang Shipping joined forces to
With the support of huge amounts of relevant capital, the two companies decided to build a super cruise ship to catch up."
As Ma Xiaotong spoke, he looked at the notes in his hand and continued: "The birth of this idea originated from a dinner attended by the heads of China Star Shipping and Wen Zhang Shipping one night at the beginning of the last century.
"
"During the dinner, the two elders had a conversation. During the conversation, they talked about the two new ships recently launched by American Platinum Shipping. In the depth of the conversation, Yin Wensi, the person in charge of Wenwen Shipping, proposed that the two parties join forces to build an unprecedented ship.
The huge cruise ship must have three chimneys, and its tonnage must exceed that of Platinum Line’s new ships. Zhang Hui, the head of China Star Line, was immediately interested in this proposal.”
"In fact, Vince Yin did not just have a sudden idea. He had discussed this topic with many large shipbuilding companies as early as a year ago, but now, it has been officially put on the table."
"After the dinner, the two met in the study to continue talking. They had repeated discussions about shipbuilding. The more they talked, the more they became more and more speculative. For example, the three chimneys originally planned became four...
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"In short, this unprecedented giant ship will become the undisputed overlord on the Atlantic route - not only far exceeding its opponents in terms of tonnage, but also unrivaled in speed and luxury: the new ship will have a speed of up to 26 to 27 knots.
The speed, first-class restaurant spanning three decks, and even the decoration of the third-class cabin will be far more comfortable and high-end than other cruise ships."
"After the two responsible persons reached an agreement, the two companies signed a contract soon..."
Ma Xiaotong's mouth was dry as he spoke, but he was full of interest.
But after hearing this, Han Sen couldn't help but said: "Let's get to the point."
Ma Xiaotong suddenly stopped, and after a moment he said sarcastically: "The point is, the sinking of the steel ship jointly built by two companies caused the reputation of the two companies to decline, and they were on the verge of bankruptcy within a few years. In the end, both companies
The company went bankrupt and reorganized, and today's Huazhang Shipping Company emerged. After decades of development, Huazhang Shipping has once again become a world-class shipbuilding company, and nearly half of its employees are of Chinese descent..."
Han Sen nodded and said: "That's it."
Ma Xiaotong said without hesitation: "Until now, my country still owns nearly 20% of the shares of Huazhang Company, and all the engines and parts used in the company's shipbuilding are purchased from my country. Therefore, although the head office of Huazhang Shipping is in the UK, But all aspects are inseparable from our support from China."
Soraka smiled and said: "Miss Ma is right. It seems that she has conducted a detailed review."
"That's necessary, I'm the encyclopedia of the program team!" Ma Xiaotong said happily.
Han Sen had no interest in continuing to ask, because he found that everything he wanted to know might be available on the Internet. If you make good use of search, all the puzzles will be answered.
So after the recording of "Adventure King" ended, Han Sen returned to the hotel and immediately opened his laptop and logged into the search engine to search for related questions. Soon, a series of encyclopedias about the Steel were displayed in front of Han Sen.
It was already evening when he came back, but Han Sen was so fascinated by the information that when he looked up, it was already daytime.
While reading the information, Han Sen also made a lot of notes.
It was getting brighter, and when Han Sen reread the contents of his notes, he couldn't help but feel very emotional.
This is almost the same as the shipwreck in my memory - the sinking of the Titanic.
However, although both built ships for the sake of comparison, building the largest ship in the world, and both sank on their first trip, the events between the two are surprisingly consistent, but there are some subtle details.
, but there is a world of difference between the two.
For example, among the 2,224 crew members and passengers on the Titanic, more than 1,500 died, and only 333 of the victims' bodies were recovered.
However, the Steel had 2,433 crew members and passengers, 2,323 of whom died. Later, only the bodies of 117 victims were found, and only 110 survivors were found.
Moreover, among the more than 2,000 people, nearly 800 are of the yellow race, and the remaining 1,600 include blacks and whites.
On the other hand, there were very few yellow people on the Titanic.
To put it simply, the final outcome of the Steel in this world is even more tragic.
And the wreckage of the cruise ship has not yet been found.
Not many people died after the ship sank, but no one could survive the temperature of the sea on winter nights.
Everyone almost froze to death.
Only those 110 students stubbornly stayed in the sea for three or four hours before the rescue team arrived.
There is a beginning, a process and an ending.
According to historical events, this was a very ordinary day, and the footnote of history would be: A huge cruise ship sank.
But if it is made into a movie, it must not be done hastily.
Give every character in the movie a soul.
Han Sen's hands touching the keyboard were shaking at the moment.
He felt like he was about to recreate a miracle.
In a previous life in April 1998, director James Cameron's film "Titanic" grossed over 200 million at the box office in less than 20 days after its release in China. The entire movie, only half a year after its release, earned 1.8 billion worldwide.
box office.
In that era when movies were not prosperous, having such a high box office shows how popular it was.
Moreover, at the 70th Academy Awards held in 1998, "Titanic" received 13 nominations and finally won 11 awards including Best Director, Best Picture, Best Music, and Best Cinematography.
Oscar Awards.
It is the film with the longest production time (five years), the highest production cost ($250 million), the most Oscar nominations, the most Oscar awards, and the highest box office in American film history.
Han Sen has experienced that era and is well aware of the huge impact this movie had on the entire domestic film industry and even the cultural industry at that time.
It is definitely not comparable to Cameron's later "Avatar".
Han Sen remembered that at that time, he only spent money to go to the cinema to watch it two or three times, not to mention the later online gun version and so on.
At that time, movie theaters were always adding seats and even sold standing tickets.
Looking back now, there are many more scenes that show the profound impact of this movie.
For example, when the chemistry class teacher talks about sulfur-containing impurities, he will talk about this Titan.
The physics teacher said that momentum refers to this Titan.
Needless to say, English class.
Even Han Sen was rehearsed for relevant scenes...
In addition to the movie becoming popular all over the country, people on the streets are also humming the movie's theme song "My Heart Will Go On", interpreting the poignant love story in the movie.
Even many universities, media, etc. have organized everyone to watch.
There are also posters and accessories that can be seen everywhere on the street.
And pirated CDs and video tapes are becoming more and more rampant, etc.
Han Sen is still deeply impressed by this film. He has watched it more than three or five times in his previous life. When he thinks about it now, every detail seems to be reflected in his mind. Therefore, when he hears the word shipwreck, the first thing that comes to his mind is
Titanic, even when I was sleeping and dreaming in the past two days, I dreamed about related plots one after another.
As the saying goes, what you think about every day is what you dream about every night.
Infected by such emotions and atmosphere, Han Sen couldn't hold back after all. He opened the document and began to write down the "Titanic" in his memory.
The story begins with a piece of "Heart of the Ocean"...
…
Although he didn't sleep all night and didn't even eat breakfast, Han Sen became more and more energetic as he wrote.
While writing the text of the script, scenes from the movie flashed back frequently in his mind.
Little Plum was really handsome back then!
Kate also fully expresses the gentleness and agility of a rich lady!
Ruth in the movie is like the bright moon, but it always seems to be obscured by clouds.
And the cheerful and optimistic Jack, with the sparkle in his eyes, and his freedom and ease, constantly drive away the clouds for Ruth.
He taught her to spit.
Take her to the cabin to dance.
She slowly spreads her arms over the bow and flies.
Helped her break away from the constraints of her mind.
He allowed Ruth to truly be herself for once.
There is also the classic "take your last name and give me my name".
Ruth, who was rescued, took Jack's surname as her own name, and lived well with her promise to Jack.
…
When I finished writing the last word, four or five hours had passed, and the entire script already had nearly 10,000 words.
He read it carefully.
Finally, looking at the five words "Titanic" in the document, Han Sen pondered for a moment, and finally pressed the delete key and changed it to three words, "Steel".