Yachts in the nineteenth century, really ugly enough, there was no concept of yachts in these years, and super-rich people like Li Mu would order a yacht to meet personal consumption, and it was not until the middle and late twentieth century that the concept of yachts would be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, that is, at that time, yachts entered the general rich family.

Truth be told, today's shipyards don't understand the needs of the wealthy, and as a result, the yachts they build look similar to most of today's ships, or focus more on practicality and comfort, and beauty are basically two different things, and it would be hell to be favored by a veteran like Grace Vanderbilt.

The reason why a big family has become a big family, in addition to the ubiquitous social influence, there are also an endless stream of outstanding talents, the transformation of the Vanderbilt family is actually after the Civil War, when Grace Vanderbilt was already an adult, so it is normal to have a unique understanding of the shipbuilding industry, for another person, there is no such opportunity as Grace Vanderbilt, even if he occasionally thinks that the current yacht is not good-looking, he will not design a more beautiful boat type, at most just think about it, but Grace · Vanderbilt, as part of the Vanderbilt family, has a chance to turn fantasy into reality.

Obviously, Grace Vanderbilt's aesthetics are closer to Li Mu, Grace Vanderbilt gave Li Mu this design drawing, just a general shape structure, and does not involve the internal structure, even so, it is already a thick stack, Grace Vanderbilt also ingeniously painted a few scenes of yachts sailing in New York Bay, this is obviously an rendering, it does feel more intuitive, more shocking, in this regard, women are more delicate than men's minds.

Compared with the "Lady Liberty", the yacht line designed by Grace Vanderbilt is more slender, and the length-to-width ratio is about four to one, perhaps in Li Mu's opinion, this is still a bit bloated, but compared with the "Lady Liberty", it is already a world of difference, after all, the "Liberty" is 89 meters long and 39.5 meters wide, close to two to one aspect ratio, just like Grace Vanderbilt said, like a sea turtle, lying on the beach with its feet facing the sky, basically no beauty at all.

It's an expensive floating platform on the sea - not even at sea, but on the water, a ship like the "Lady Liberty" can't get out of the bay at all.

"I call her 'Aphrodite', the goddess of love and beauty in Greek mythology, she is 125 meters long and 32 meters wide, just looking at the data on paper, this ship is bigger than the most powerful cruiser in the US Navy right now, this is a yacht that can really go out to sea, and have fun at sea, not just docked on the dock, or waddling around the bay ugly bastards, because' Aphrodite's has a sturdy hull, so the ship can even carry a certain amount of self-defense firepower, which allows her not to be tied up in case of danger, and you look at these masts on the ship, if there is a problem with the propeller propulsion, Aphrodite' can also be used as a sailboat, which gives her more vitality, if you decide to build one, I recommend you use the blue and white livery, like the color of the blue sky and white clouds, no one can resist the temptation of the sky, she is unique. Grace Vanderbilt talked about this ship like a treasure, and it seems that all kinds of data are already familiar with it, this is the origin of family learning, far from being comparable to Li Mu's halfway monk.

When the Vanderbilt father and son were there, Grace Vanderbilt was excluded from the management of the family business and had no chance to have an impact on the family business, so no matter how many whimsical ideas Grace Vanderbilt had in his head, it could not really be realized.

The accident of the Vanderbilt father and son gave Grace Vanderbilt a chance, which made Grace Vanderbilt finally start to get closer to his dream, and perhaps the Vanderbilt family could develop even more.

"Yes, she is unique." What really touched Li Mu was Grace Vanderbilt's words, everyone has a maverick heart, especially a big toy like a yacht, probably no one wants to 'collide' with others, Li Mu is the same: "I have a question, why did the Vanderbilt family give up shipbuilding and shipping to the railway industry?" ”

This is a question that Li Mu has always wondered, from the perspective of potential, the shipping industry is not inferior to the railway, both have their own advantages and disadvantages, but the Vanderbilt family had a pivotal hegemony in the shipping industry, so they gave up a monopoly industry similar to trust, and instead devoted themselves to the fiercely competitive railway industry, Li Mu really couldn't understand the original Cornelius Vanderbilt.

"Because the shipping industry can't effectively communicate the east and west coasts, it's a bit of a pity to say, after you decided to dig the Panama Canal, my father has decided to return to the shipping industry, it's a pity-" The sadness on Grace Vanderbilt's face flashed, and after knowing each other for so long, this was the first time Li Mu had seen a weak expression on Grace Vanderbilt's face.

That's where the Panama Canal comes in.

Before the opening of the Panama Canal, if you want to sail from San Francisco to New York, you have to bypass the distant South American continent, which is simply geometric, and it is for this reason that when the train appeared, Corneliers Vanderbilt thought that the shipping industry was declining, and resolutely gave up the huge shipping industry and came to the land to compete with a group of government-backed railroad companies.

But creation makes people, Cornelius Vanderbilt never expected that Li Mu would propose to build the Panama Canal, and successfully defeated the competition of the French, eliminated the interference of the British, and even contributed to the independence of Panama - what he wanted to do but did not do, was done by Li Mu, so William Vanderbilt would resolutely support Li Mu, even if Li Mu's conditions were almost harsh, William Vanderbilt would also invest in the Panama Canal Company, It was for the Vanderbilt family to return to the shipping industry in the future.

"So, you want to start with shipbuilding now?" If Li Mu didn't know what Grace Vanderbilt really wanted, he would have been blind to Grace Vanderbilt's thoughts.

Don't look at the fact that he has withdrawn from the shipbuilding industry for more than ten years, but Li Mu has never underestimated the ability of the Vanderbilt family in shipbuilding, after all, starting from the generation of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the Vanderbilt family has had decades of accumulation, and the heritage is placed there, as long as Grace Vanderbilt wakes his arms, capital, manpower, and technology are not a problem, what Grace Vanderbilt really lacks is an opportunity, an opportunity to return to the shipbuilding industry.

Obviously, Grace Vanderbilt is taking Li Mu as a breakthrough.

"Yes, if the Vanderbilt family wants to really stand up and regain the glory that belongs to the Vanderbilt family, then they must return to shipbuilding, the sea is the kingdom that really belongs to the Vanderbilt family, where there are countless riches and countless opportunities, but unfortunately with the current Vanderbilt family, it is difficult to recreate the glory of the past, so I need help, I need the help of more people who have illusions about the sea." Grace Vanderbilt's eyes are full of confidence, Li Mu has seen this kind of look in the eyes of many people, Rockefeller, J. · P. Morgan, and even Li Mu himself, it can be said that all successful people are full of firm confidence in themselves, even if sometimes, this self-confidence even reaches the level of recklessness.

"Grace, what do you need me to do?" Li Mu admitted that he was moved by Grace Vanderbilt, not only because of Grace Vanderbilt's insistence, but also because of the temptation of the sea.

Yes, that's right, compared with the land, the ocean contains more wealth, at the end of the nineteenth century, the world's division of the land has basically been completed, and then if you want to find more wealth, you have to march to the ocean, from a political level, Li Mu wants to have more influence on Washington, but also must find another focus, after all, Washington can not allow the Horse Group to get involved in more industries without restrictions, once Li Mu makes enough people feel threatened, then Li Mu is almost finished, think about the previous Vanderbilt family, This "first family" in the actual sense of the United States, the wealth and glory were all ruined, which is the best example of the past.

"I need your good friendship with the military, the huge human resources that the ZAMA Group has, the good relationship between you and the New York State government and city government, and your decisive influence in Washington." Grace Vanderbilt is really optimistic about Li Mu, Li Mu himself doesn't know that he actually has so many advantages.

What Li Mu has now is exactly what the Vanderbilt family does not have, Grace Vanderbilt knows very well that in terms of the situation that the Vanderbilt family wall fell down some time ago, the Vanderbilt family cannot return to the shipbuilding industry, even if Grace Vanderbilt comes up with some unique skills, there will be no scum left to be swallowed every minute.

With the support of Li Mu, it is not necessarily, now Li Mu has been out of the category of ordinary rich, in the political and military circles, in the economic field has a strong influence, starting from Cuba, Li Mu began to do things with Rockefeller, J· P. Morgan pulled the relationship, and William Vanderbilt also began to intersect with Li Mu during that time.

The current Li Mu represents a huge force, this force includes the two existing giant trust enterprises in the United States, as well as two quasi-trust enterprises, as well as several powerful consortia, this force can easily mobilize tens of millions of dollars of funds, as long as Li Mu is willing, there will be dozens, even hundreds of congressmen running for Li Mu, it can be said that in the current United States, no one can fight against the power group represented by Li Mu.

"No problem, Grace, go ahead and do it, I only have one request, I must build a real yacht for Gloria." Li Mu lifted the weight lightly, and said it in a light tone, but the weight was not light at all.

"That's right, Grace, I've got your back, you'll be able to do it." Gloria, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, finally couldn't bear to break in, Grace Vanderbilt had just come to Governor's Island, Gloria already knew the news, and she was already very patient until now.

With Gloria's support, then everything will be fine, Li Mu wants people to give money to people, the problem of manpower is the same as Grace Vanderbilt said, the Horse Group has enough human resources, just the shipbuilding industry needs a lot of manpower, Grace Vanderbilt has ideals, technology, and even not lack of money, what is lacking is enough skilled workers, and the Horse Group has the largest group of skilled workers in the United States, although shipbuilding and gun making are two different things, but the strength of the Horse Group lies in the mechanism, In the production line of mass manufacturing workers, as long as there is a system, Junma Group will never be short of workers.

In cooperation with Grace Vanderbilt, Li Mu still adheres to the habit that the newly established Vanderbilt shipyard is still dominated by the Vanderbilt family, and Li Mu injected $5 million into the Vanderbilt shipyard through the Bank of America, occupying 30% of the Vanderbilt shipyard shares.

Don't think it's too little, the Vanderbilt family only owns 35 percent of the shares, and the rest of the shares belong to Rockefeller and J. Brown. P. Morgan, these two guys must be indispensable for this kind of thing, the news of the Vanderbilt family's imminent return to shipbuilding has just been reported, and Rockefeller and J. Morgan have just reported this. P. Morgan went directly to Grace Vanderbilt, but Li Mu didn't even have a chance to refuse.

It's also a good thing, with Rockefeller and J. Brown. The addition of P. Morgan will reduce a lot of trouble for Li Mu, after all, Rockefeller and J· P. Morgan had influence in New York that did not belong to Li Mu, and even when dealing with Washington, for some unexplained reasons, the influence of Rockefeller and J. Morgan was not allowed to be explained. It was more convenient for P. Morgan to come forward.

The only regret is that when he saw the "Aphrodite" that was still on paper, Rockefeller immediately placed an order with the Vanderbilt Shipyard, which was also the first business of the Vanderbilt Shipyard.

To be honest, for "Aphrodite", Li Mu does not attach so much importance to it, the four-to-one aspect ratio is of course better than the "Lady Liberty", but it is still not good enough compared with the yacht in Li Mu's memory, most of the famous yachts in the future, the aspect ratio is mostly about ten to one, which is the result of using computer simulation optimization, which is not at all what the human brain can imagine.

In the past, even if Li Mu had an idea, he couldn't resort to realizing it, but now it's different, with the shipyard, Li Mu can finally turn the model in his mind into reality, and then Rockefeller will understand that going against Li Mu is destined to end no good.