Lu Ming had only seen the flying yacht from the 1950s in old photos in his previous life, but he didn't expect that he would own one when he came to this world.
This sci-fi amphibious airship can fly in the air or land on the water. When on the water, the wide wings become a deck.
However, considering the technology of the 1950s, this type of airship certainly had no development prospects.
On the sea, there cannot be any wind or waves, and they can only cruise near the coast and in special familiar waters, because running aground would be a major accident, and the safety is far less than that of a real ship.
In terms of air travel, its speed and safety are not as good as the upcoming jet aircraft.
It was not until the 21st century that it regained its youth.
In the past, these flying yachts were amphibious armed yachts from World War II that were modified and sold to the public.
The same is true in this world. The East China Sea military began to purchase helicopters, which could obviously perfectly replace this type of armed yacht. Therefore, its only five armed yachts were auctioned off. Lu Ming bought one and modified it.
After rigorous testing, today was Lu Ming's first time on the boat, and he also invited two good friends.
Yesterday, the flying yacht was officially named "Baozhu" by Lu Ming.
Today, the "Baozhu" is floating on the sea near the main island of Pearl Island. Today the sky is clear and the blue sea looks like an endless sapphire mirror, with occasional ripples, but no wind or waves.
The two good friends of Lu Ming who were invited on board were Wen Liangyu and Liu Hanming. Both of them brought their female papers. Jia Xiaoling and Lu Ming were very familiar with each other. Liu Hanming's wife's surname was Li. She was about thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old. It was obvious that she came from a scholarly family and was very gentle and elegant.
Lu Ming brought Hanzhu with him. Firstly, this yacht was named after her and Bizhu, and it was his first time to go on the yacht, so he had to bring them along, and it was also a rare opportunity for him to go out and relax with them. Secondly, because of the exaggeration in his previous life, he still felt that airships were somewhat dangerous. Even though there had not been any serious airship accidents in this world, he was a little unsure since it was his first time on a yacht. Therefore, with Bizhu by his side, he would be protected if he encountered danger.
However, Hanzhu was reluctant to meet outsiders, especially when there were men around. If she had to travel around, there was nothing she could do. Now that she had settled down, she still preferred a life of staying at home and just knowing a few servants. The simpler the life, the better.
Therefore, while Lu Ming, his two friends and his female companion were drinking tea and chatting in the public area of the yacht, while admiring the scenery outside from the snow-white railings, Hanzhu stayed in her and Lu Ming's small lounge.
Lu Ming did not force her. After all, it was better for her to feel comfortable. Besides, she could still see the scenery outside from the small room where she and he rested.
Wen Liangyu and Liu Hanming both knew that Lu Ming had brought a female companion, who was the second wife who was said to be so stunningly beautiful. They couldn't see her now, so they couldn't help feeling a little regretful, but they would not bring up the topic.
The ones operating the airship are Black Nineteen and Black Twenty. While the yacht is being renovated, Sanmai Company will also help train pilots for the intended buyers. Lu Ming sent four people, but only two people are needed to operate each flight.
There are only eight people on the entire airship. In fact, the airship is not very big, but the space is arranged very cleverly. There are four lounges, a public area where the passengers on the airship can chat together, and a wing deck area. With two pilots, a total of ten people can ride comfortably.
"Qianxing, you are standing higher and higher now. I can only sigh at the peak!" Wen Liangyu looked at Lu Ming with a smile and admired him sincerely.
"Why does Fourth Brother say that?" Lu Ming was stunned.
The four cream-white sofas were not big, so the men and their female companions could only sit together intimately. Jia Xiaoling, wearing a dark apricot-yellow cheongsam, sat cross-legged on the sofa next to Wen Liangyu. At this time, she pursed her lips and smiled: "Old Wen saw the Huaxia Laboratory incident in the newspaper yesterday, and he kept talking about it for a long time! He kept saying how good you are!"
Lu Ming exclaimed, "Ah!" and couldn't help but smile: "Fourth brother is still interested in science and technology newspapers and magazines?"
The Huaxia Laboratory, formed by the union of several experimental institutions, caused a stir in the industry and appeared in many scientific and technological newspapers and magazines. However, Donghai has always put entertainment first, and ordinary people have no interest in such newspapers.
The Hua Xia Laboratory, funded by Hua Xia Technology and merging the former Donghai Telegraph and Telephone Company Laboratory and Donghai Electronics Testing Institute, and cooperating with two laboratories of Alice Institute of Technology, officially launched its unveiling ceremony the day before yesterday.
Pamela, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Huaxia Technology, and Wen Zaixu, Grand Academician of the Imperial Royal Academy of Sciences, cut the ribbon for the laboratory together.
This laboratory is somewhat similar to the Bell Labs in Lu Ming's previous life, but its research and development projects are more extensive. Among the current key research and development projects are transistors and integrated circuits, which Lu Ming specifically mentioned.
Huaxia Technology holds a 60% stake in this laboratory, which also represents the injection of a large amount of capital, as well as support and assistance for subsequent R&D projects.
Smiling at Wen Liangyu, Lu Ming said, "I am not willing to invest in this laboratory. It requires a high investment and there is no return in the short term. My third child likes to tinker with things, so it's up to him."
"That's why you stand high!" Wen Liangyu sighed softly.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "By the way, Fourth Brother, Mr. Zhao wants to step down and wants you to take his place. What do you think?"
Mr. Zhao is Zhao Haojiang, the chairman of the Urban Forum Committee of the Beiguan Party Branch, and he was also the one who invited Wen Liangyu to join the Grand Public Party.
Wen Liangyu was stunned. "Can I do it? I don't understand those tricks."
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Of course it's OK, but if you do that, Fourth Brother, you will have to work behind the scenes on party affairs. I don't think that's a good idea. I want you to run for councillor in the next election. It would be best if you could take my place."
Wen Liangyu immediately smiled bitterly: "Don't tease your fourth brother. I just joined the party and thought everyone was like you. How could you become a councillor and municipal committee member in your first year of joining the party?"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Anyway, Fourth Brother, you should be prepared. There may be changes by the end of the year."
Wen Liangyu was stunned again. There were still three years until the next election year. What changes would happen
However, the source of information of this little brother today is beyond my imagination.
Nodding gently, Wen Liangyu said: "Look, whatever you need me to do, I will definitely do my best."
At this time, a horn sounded from the cockpit, "About to take off, preparation time, five minutes."
Lu Ming looked at Liu Hanming and said, "Second brother, thank you for your concern about the case in Longgang."
Liu Hanming smiled and said, "Qianxing, thank you!"
He naturally knew very well that if he won this lawsuit, it would significantly improve his assessment scores in the middle of this year.
"Okay, put away the tea sets, and let's go back to the room and put on our life jackets!" Lu Ming waved his hand and stood up first.
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The airship has propeller wings, and as it slowly takes off, the propellers on the wings slowly rotate.
As the airship rose from the sea, a curtain of blue water poured down from beneath its cabin, like a scene from a science fiction movie.
Then, it began to move slowly to the east, its target being the main island of Pearl Island.
That is Lu Ming's private island. There are already buildings on it, and there are island tourism projects targeting the middle class in the East China Sea. The project has very good returns, and the tourism project is becoming more and more popular. After all, most citizens have no chance to visit the private islands of the real upper class, so spending a little more money feels like good value for money.
In itself, in this world, except for fishermen who truly rely on seafood, entering the ocean is a privilege for a few people. Due to the terrain of the continent, ordinary citizens basically have little chance to enter the real ocean.
Although, in Lu Ming's opinion, the ocean areas that can be entered in this world are all nearshore and shallow seas, which cannot be called oceans at all. After all, the limit of the sea area that can be explored is only two or three hundred miles away from the mainland.
Moreover, because the main island of Pearl Island has a long and narrow golden beach, even some wealthy people are willing to spend huge sums of money to book a certain period of time and come here just with their relatives and friends to enjoy the tranquility of the holiday.
The development of the main island of the Pearl Island chain required a lot of investment, and it is still only a semi-finished product. Unlike other wealthy people who own private islands, Lu Ming does not just enjoy it for himself. Everything comes first, making money, so he has put a lot of effort into advertising and promoting the Pearl Island tourism project. Nowadays, it is also considered a "net celebrity" tourism project in the East China Sea. He is not yet at the stage of enjoying extravagance, and any resources in his hands are used to make money as the first priority.
There are still many tourists on the island today, but they all seem to be gathered near the coconut grove. I don’t know what they are doing.
The airship flew to a flat area, which was a helicopter landing field prepared for VIPs, and slowly landed.
"Master, I won't go out. I'll wait for you here!" Hanzhu looked at the many people outside who were running over to watch the fun. She didn't want to entertain the two strange men beside her master. After all, they were her master's friends. If she didn't greet them when they met, it would be disrespectful.
Lu Ming looked at Hanzhu with some helplessness, but now Hanzhu is more accustomed to being alone. It seems that if she is really bored, she can chat with Bizhu. She is probably also practicing some secret skills, but it is definitely not about martial arts. It seems that the inheritance of Baozhu Palace may be Gemini, and Hanzhu is not a personality that should not exist and will slowly disappear.
"Okay, then you just continue watching the peep show." Lu Ming was helpless.
Hanzhu has a precious peep show, which contains a series of photos of herself. When she looks at them one after another, it looks like she is walking.
When she is bored, she can watch it for a long time out of curiosity.
Speaking of which, the peep show is of course a very old toy nowadays, but Hanzhu just likes it and there is nothing she can do about it.
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The Golden Beach is indeed worthy of its reputation. The fine sand is evenly scattered on the beach like golden sand. In the distance, there is a line of blue sea and blue sky. Behind you are various tropical landscape trees. What's more amazing is that the gentle sea breeze blows, but it doesn't have the sticky feeling of the sea breeze. It is very comfortable, just like the spring breeze in inland, making people feel cool and comfortable.
Lying on the recliner, Lu Ming rubbed his head. He thought that the price was too low. If he had known that the small environment would be so comfortable, the price should have been raised by at least 20%.
There were several lounge chairs nearby, and the people including Jia Xiaoling and Mrs. Li had changed into bikinis.
Lu Ming smiled bitterly in his heart. Yes, how could it be possible for her to hold a pearl
The place was chosen wrong. Next time I take her out to play, I won’t bring friends to discuss serious matters. I will just bring her out alone and have fun.
"Boss, there are a lot of people on the island today. It turns out that a film crew has come to the island to shoot. With the tourists, it's a bit chaotic." Hei Shijiu said from the side.
Lu Ming nodded. No wonder, seeing that they were all gathered at the coconut grove, they were probably watching a movie or TV series.
That's good. If there are film crews coming here often, my island will become more and more famous.
"Qianxing, no one helps you apply sunscreen? Do you want your sister to come?" Jia Xiaoling was helping Wen Liangyu apply golden sunscreen on her body.
Lu Ming smiled, looked up at Heijiu and said, "Go get a bottle of oil and help me apply it."
Huh? Heijiu was startled and immediately at a loss. How could he be worthy of it
I would never dare to touch my master's master with my rough and black hands, even if I were beaten to death.
Lu Ming frowned: "Go when I tell you to!"
Anyway, I didn't feel anything on my whole body. I was in complete numbness. Below the head, I was like a wooden man. It didn't matter who applied oil or not. However, the ultraviolet rays were very strong. Although I didn't feel anything on my whole body, I still had to wear sunscreen.
Biju, it probably was intentional.
Before I was given acupuncture yesterday, I was told that I would enter a new stage, and that I would be numb and lose all feeling, but if I were to get hurt, it would still hurt ten times more. Because I was in the numb stage and had lost my conditioned reflex to pain, I had to be more careful not to get hurt.
Somehow I feel like it's because Biju knew that Liuli Palace had found me and was worried that I had followed the West Palace's method, so this is to get back to the root of the problem.
Indeed, it is useless now no matter how Madam Liuli flirts with him. Even if his heart is burning with desire, he has no feeling below his head. It feels like he is covered with a thick layer of skin that has no nervous system at all. Even if someone as charming as Liuligong tries to tease him with all her tricks, it is useless.
"Why don't you go get the oil?" Looking at the helpless Hei Shijiu, Lu Ming glared.
At this moment, there was a faint "bang" sound in the distance, followed by loud bangs and the crowd screaming.
Hei Shijiu immediately stood in front of Lu Ming's recliner with a small pistol in her hand. She was wearing a tight black pilot uniform that could only hide a pocket pistol.
Over there, Jia Xiaoling and Wen Liangyu both sat up, picked up the bags beside them, one each, and took out a pistol.
However, the speed of their reactions and actions were incomparable to Hei Shijiu.
Liu Hanming and Mrs. Li were not in the habit of carrying any weapons. They sat together with serious expressions, looking in the direction where the gunshots came from.
Not long after, Hei Ershi ran over and whispered to Lu Ming, "Boss, the crew filming here is from Nadu Films. They were filming Miss Nicole's scene when a gunman suddenly pulled out a gun and tried to attack Miss Nicole. He was shot dead on the spot by Miss Nicole's bodyguard."
Is it his own filming crew? And Nicole is filming
Lu Ming was stunned. Why did he feel that something was wrong
As the undisputed queen of the film industry today, Nicole may get into a lot of trouble. The jealousy of other actresses, the hostility of her peers in the film industry, the inexplicable behavior of crazy fans, etc., may all lead to her being attacked.
When traveling to this island, ordinary groups will undergo strict security checks before boarding the ship or VIP groups boarding the helicopter. No offensive weapons are allowed, let alone firearms.
That means the shooter did not act on impulse, but had planned it long ago.
Thinking about it, Lu Ming stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look."