Chapter 1060 1045. Steam Steamer (1/5)

Chapter 1060 1045. Steamboat (15)

Schroeder showed a photo, in the corner of the port, a small ship stayed there quietly.

This ship looks only a dozen meters long, with a simple shape and vicissitudes of wood on the hull, full of the feeling of the times. Compared with the surrounding ships, a large chimney was erected in the middle of this ship, so that although it is small in size, it has a feeling of standing out from the crowd.

Looking at the photo, Wang Bo asked, "Is this a steam ship?"

Schroeder smiled and nodded and said: "Yes, Mr. Mayor, it is the Talang White Horse, a steam engine ship that used to serve the Dover Tourism Group. As you know, the Dover Tourism Group went bankrupt at the beginning of this year. Their assets were auctioned off by the bank, and the ship is in our hands."

Wang Bo understands why Ryan and the others said that this boat is suitable for Sunset Town, because this boat was originally used for tourism companies, and its performance is still very good. If it is allowed to come to Lake Hawea, it will be a ready-made tourism project.

There are only some yachts, kayaks and small wooden boats on Lake Hawea, and this steam engine boat tourism mode is still blank.

"After I came to Sunset Town, I saw that your town is developing very fast and very well, but it seems to lack a little historical background. I think it should be better if there is the White Horse on the Waves." Schroeder said.

Steam engine ships do have a lot of historical heritage. In 1763, Geoffrey built the world's earliest steam ship "Poroskafi", but after 30 minutes of sailing, the steam boiler on the ship exploded.

It was James Watt who really solved the marine steam engine. He invented the twin-cylinder steam engine in 1765. In 1768, he cooperated with Matthew Bolton, the boss of the Birmingham Turbine Works in England, to develop a special-purpose steam engine for ship propulsion. This is the Bolton-Watt engine commonly used on early steam engine ships in the world. The steam engine was introduced, and the steam engine ship appeared.

In this way, although the first steam engine ship did not perform well, it contained great potential. After the genius Watt invented the steam engine, the industrial revolution on ships broke out.

By the 19th century, all oceans were dominated by steamships. Since then, sailing ships have entered ship museums or become competitive events.

However, due to the large size, small power and low efficiency of the steam engine, the steam engine ship has 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 no problem with the sailing ability and safety of this ship?"

Schroeder nodded and said: "Absolutely no problem. In fact, this was first photographed by a friend's company. I thought of this after enjoying the singing of the sunset band the night before, so I bought it on behalf of our company." come down."

"The album of "Roaring Singing" is too rudimentary, especially the MV, we need to remake it. There is no doubt that this ship is very harmonious with the main body of the album."

Wang Bo nodded and said, "You want Ryan and the others to take pictures on the ship, right?"

"Yes."

"However, this doesn't mean we'll just send them a ship, right? How much is the ship? At least a million, right?" Wang Bo asked suspiciously.

Schroeder smiled and said, "No, it doesn't need to be so expensive to buy a new boat, not to mention that it's an auction of assets as collateral. My friend won it for 120,000 yuan, and then I spent 120,000 yuan to buy it. You can buy it for 15,000 yuan."

"So cheap?" Wang Bo said in surprise, "Does your friend's company still have this kind of boat?"

Schroeder shrugged and said, "Probably, there were still four ships parked there when I bought them. I don't think he will sell them for a day or two."

Old Wang suddenly became interested: "That's good, why don't you help me contact your friends, I can take over these ships, if he intends to sell them."

Schroeder was taken aback and said, "Mr. Mayor, are you serious?"

Lao Wang is of course serious. He thinks this ship is a good tourist project, which can further develop the resources of Lake Hawea.

Schroeder made a phone call and quickly replied to him: "If you are willing to pack and buy the remaining four ships, then just give him a total of 600,000 yuan."

This price is acceptable and can be negotiated, but he has to check the condition and status of these ships, at least they must be able to sail before they are worth buying.

The next two people talked about the steam engine ship, and Wang Bo wanted to know more exact information. The four of Reddy looked at the two people who were talking fiercely there, and finally one of them couldn't help but shouted: "That's not the case. Boss, we are the protagonists!"

Wang Bo scratched his head in a daze: "Yes, yes, but isn't your matter resolved? Congratulations on joining ACT Records. Sunset Town will always be your hometown. Whenever you want to come back, the town will open its doors to you."

Ryan said: "We will often come back to the boss, staying in the town is the most comfortable, we are going to make a lot of money, the newly built villa will leave us a set..."

"Wrong, it's four sets." Tutu corrected, "four adjacent sets."

Wang Bo waved his hand, laughed and said, "No problem, I will sell you four villas at the internal price."

The sales of the villas are really good. It's not on sale yet, but it's just being promoted, and a dozen sets have already been ordered.

Lancaster also booked a villa before leaving, and even paid the deposit.

Wang Bo entertained Schroeder and other ACT record company employees for 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've decided that my children will eat sunset beef from now on."

The four of Ryan didn't leave Sunset Town so quickly, and there were still many things to hand over. After all, they had been managing the Flaming Mountain Bar all along. Wang Bo found someone to hand over the work to them.

Schroeder got the answer he wanted, so he went back to Wellington first, and he could go back soon, because Wang Bo took him by helicopter.

Under the guidance of Schroeder, the helicopter landed in the open space of Wellington port. A burly man with red hair was waiting for them. This was the owner of the steamship, Rodt-Plyton.

After the two sides exchanged simple greetings, Rodt took them to the corner of the port, where small ships were docked.

Five steam turbines are docked together. They are about the same size, but different in style and color, white, bronze, brown and black.

It is one thing to look at the photos, but another to look at them up close. After Wang Bo saw these ships, he found some details that could not be found in the photos.